The Geography of MammalsArno Press, 1978 - 338 páginas |
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... present in the fossil beds , although the greater number of them have , at the present epoch , retreated southwards into the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions . This southward migra- tion seems to have gone on throughout the Pliocene ...
... present in the fossil beds , although the greater number of them have , at the present epoch , retreated southwards into the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions . This southward migra- tion seems to have gone on throughout the Pliocene ...
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... present , is restricted to the Pacific Ocean . The second ( existing ) family of Toothed Whales con- tains only the Platanistidæ , or Freshwater Dolphins , which although , in some cases , at the present day entirely fluvia- tile , must ...
... present , is restricted to the Pacific Ocean . The second ( existing ) family of Toothed Whales con- tains only the Platanistidæ , or Freshwater Dolphins , which although , in some cases , at the present day entirely fluvia- tile , must ...
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... present epoch , en- tirely to one Region of which it is one of the most charac- teristic animals . The Giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis ) is distributed over the greater part of Africa , from Senegal through the Southern Sahara to Upper ...
... present epoch , en- tirely to one Region of which it is one of the most charac- teristic animals . The Giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis ) is distributed over the greater part of Africa , from Senegal through the Southern Sahara to Upper ...
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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