The Geography of MammalsArno Press, 1978 - 338 páginas |
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... Sirenians or Manatees ) are specially adapted for existence in water . Land is , therefore , a barrier to their extension , whereas , on the contrary , in the case of the ordinary terrestrial mammals , land is the means by which they ...
... Sirenians or Manatees ) are specially adapted for existence in water . Land is , therefore , a barrier to their extension , whereas , on the contrary , in the case of the ordinary terrestrial mammals , land is the means by which they ...
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William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater. SECTION III . - DISTRIBUTION OF SIRENIANS Only two forms of Sirenians are at the present time existing on the earth's surface - the Manatee ( Manatus ) FIG . 45. - THE DUGONG . ( Halicore ...
William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater. SECTION III . - DISTRIBUTION OF SIRENIANS Only two forms of Sirenians are at the present time existing on the earth's surface - the Manatee ( Manatus ) FIG . 45. - THE DUGONG . ( Halicore ...
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... Sirenian genus Manatus , one species of which ( M. americanus ) frequents the coast of America and another ( M ... Sirenians are well repre- sented by the Dugong ( Halicore ) , which pervades all its northern coasts from North ...
... Sirenian genus Manatus , one species of which ( M. americanus ) frequents the coast of America and another ( M ... Sirenians are well repre- sented by the Dugong ( Halicore ) , which pervades all its northern coasts from North ...
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Africa animals Ant-eater Antelopes Arctic Armadilloes Asia Atlantic Australian Region Bats beds belong birds Borneo boundary Bovida Cape Carnivora Celebes Central Cetaceans Chimpanzee Chiroptera closely allied coast confined considerable number contains Deer distinct districts Eastern Edentates endemic entirely Ethiopian Region Europe existing extends extinct fauna forests forms genera genus Geographical Distribution greater number inhabitants Insectivores islands known Lemurs Macacus Madagascar mainland Malagasy Malagasy Sub-region Malay Peninsula Malayan MAMMAL-FAUNA mammalian mammals Marsupials Monkeys Monotremes mountains naturalists Nearctic Region nearly Neotropical Region North northern number of genera number of species occur Ocean Old World Opossum Order Oriental Region Pacific Palearctic Region Papuan Sub-region Patagonia peculiar genera Phalanger Pinnipeds Pliocene present range recent remarkable represented restricted Rodents Sea-regions SECTION single species Sirenian South America Southern Sub-family Sumatra SUMMARY AND DEDUCTIONS Tapirs three genera total number tropical Ungulata Ungulates Viverrida Wallace's Line West African Western whole widely distributed Zealand