The Geography of MammalsArno Press, 1978 - 338 páginas |
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... mainland forms . The birds also are mostly identical with those of the mainland , though there are some just recognisable representative forms . 66 The Galapagos , a group of five larger and ten smaller islands , are situated in the ...
... mainland forms . The birds also are mostly identical with those of the mainland , though there are some just recognisable representative forms . 66 The Galapagos , a group of five larger and ten smaller islands , are situated in the ...
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... mainland , and that , owing to the fact that they are situated in the region of equatorial calms , immigration from the mainland is very occasional . In this way has been gradually evolved the peculiar fauna , which , although highly ...
... mainland , and that , owing to the fact that they are situated in the region of equatorial calms , immigration from the mainland is very occasional . In this way has been gradually evolved the peculiar fauna , which , although highly ...
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... mainland by only a com- paratively narrow strait ) , is entirely absent from the African mainland itself . Among the Lemurs we have two families , one con- taining only a single species ( Chiromyida ) confined to Madagascar , the other ...
... mainland by only a com- paratively narrow strait ) , is entirely absent from the African mainland itself . Among the Lemurs we have two families , one con- taining only a single species ( Chiromyida ) confined to Madagascar , the other ...
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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