The Geography of MammalsArno Press, 1978 - 338 páginas |
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... characteristic mammal - forms . 1. - AUSTRALIAN REGION Extent . - Australia , New Guinea , and Moluccas up to Wallace's line , New Zealand , and the numerous islands of the Pacific . Characteristics . - Absence of nearly all Eutherian ...
... characteristic mammal - forms . 1. - AUSTRALIAN REGION Extent . - Australia , New Guinea , and Moluccas up to Wallace's line , New Zealand , and the numerous islands of the Pacific . Characteristics . - Absence of nearly all Eutherian ...
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... characteristic of the New World , only the typical Porcupines ( Hystricida ) and five peculiar genera of Octodonts being inhabitants of the New World . 5. Two families of Rodents , the Pocket - gophers ( Geo- myidæ ) and the Kangaroo ...
... characteristic of the New World , only the typical Porcupines ( Hystricida ) and five peculiar genera of Octodonts being inhabitants of the New World . 5. Two families of Rodents , the Pocket - gophers ( Geo- myidæ ) and the Kangaroo ...
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... characteristic form of the Papuan Sub- region , and only touches Australia at its northern extremity . It is of this genus that two species ( P. ursinus and P. celebensis ) occur in Celebes , to which island and the adjacent Sanghir ...
... characteristic form of the Papuan Sub- region , and only touches Australia at its northern extremity . It is of this genus that two species ( P. ursinus and P. celebensis ) occur in Celebes , to which island and the adjacent Sanghir ...
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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