The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Pleistocene Epoch . Putting aside the Dingo , all the Pleistocene mammals of Australia belong to the Monotremes or to the Mar- supials , and , with two exceptions , can be accommodated in still existing families . These exceptions are ...
... Pleistocene Epoch . Putting aside the Dingo , all the Pleistocene mammals of Australia belong to the Monotremes or to the Mar- supials , and , with two exceptions , can be accommodated in still existing families . These exceptions are ...
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... Pleistocene beds of Sicily . This indicates that members of this family once had a wider distribution northwards than what they now retain . The Carnivora are well represented in the Ethiopian Region . This is especially the case with ...
... Pleistocene beds of Sicily . This indicates that members of this family once had a wider distribution northwards than what they now retain . The Carnivora are well represented in the Ethiopian Region . This is especially the case with ...
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... Pleistocene times ; ( c ) Elephas , which first appears in Pliocene times , and extends to late Pleistocene in Europe ; and ( d ) Viverra , which commences earlier than the others , and also survived until Pliocene times in Europe . The ...
... Pleistocene times ; ( c ) Elephas , which first appears in Pliocene times , and extends to late Pleistocene in Europe ; and ( d ) Viverra , which commences earlier than the others , and also survived until Pliocene times in Europe . The ...
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... Pleistocene , so that it is very difficult to fix the age of the Siwaliks as compared with the formations of Europe . Beds containing a somewhat similar fauna , in most cases not so rich , have been discovered in Greece , near Athens ...
... Pleistocene , so that it is very difficult to fix the age of the Siwaliks as compared with the formations of Europe . Beds containing a somewhat similar fauna , in most cases not so rich , have been discovered in Greece , near Athens ...
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... Pleistocene has greatly diminished in numbers , but I think we may still treat Rhytina as one of the characteristic forms of the Arctirenian Sea - region . The North Pacific is also , even at the present day , the sole possessor of a ...
... Pleistocene has greatly diminished in numbers , but I think we may still treat Rhytina as one of the characteristic forms of the Arctirenian Sea - region . The North Pacific is also , even at the present day , the sole possessor of a ...
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Africa animals Ant-eater Antelopes Arctic Armadillo Asia Atlantic Australian Region Bats beds belong birds Borneo boundary Bovida Cape Carnivora Celebes Central 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 fossil genera genus Geographical Distribution greater number inhabitants Insectivores islands known Lemurs Macacus Madagascar mainland 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 Otaria Pacific Palæogean Palearctic Region Papuan Sub-region Patagonia peculiar genera Phalanger Pinnipeds Pliocene present range recent remarkable represented restricted Rodents Sea-regions SECTION 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