The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... connection with those of South America , and there is at present no palæontological evi- dence of the former ... connected with the Ostrich , the Ethiopian form , and that they both differ considerably from the Emus , Cassowaries ...
... connection with those of South America , and there is at present no palæontological evi- dence of the former ... connected with the Ostrich , the Ethiopian form , and that they both differ considerably from the Emus , Cassowaries ...
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William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater. scarcely any ground for connecting the Neotropical and Australian Regions under one name . Before discussing the other differences between this scheme and that of Huxley , it will be as well ...
William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater. scarcely any ground for connecting the Neotropical and Australian Regions under one name . Before discussing the other differences between this scheme and that of Huxley , it will be as well ...
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... connection between the two regions . To sum up the subject we add a table of the numbers of orders , families , and genera of mammals found in the six different Regions , together with the number of genera confined to them ( endemic ) ...
... connection between the two regions . To sum up the subject we add a table of the numbers of orders , families , and genera of mammals found in the six different Regions , together with the number of genera confined to them ( endemic ) ...
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... connection between South America and Australia . In such case there would be no necessity to suppose that Australia was ever directly connected with the rest of the Old World at all , none of the peculiar forms of Australian Marsupials ...
... connection between South America and Australia . In such case there would be no necessity to suppose that Australia was ever directly connected with the rest of the Old World at all , none of the peculiar forms of Australian Marsupials ...
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... connected at all . To determine , therefore , the geographical affinities of this Sub - region , we must turn to the birds and to the other lower groups , and so endeavour to gain an idea of the affinities of these interesting islands ...
... connected at all . To determine , therefore , the geographical affinities of this Sub - region , we must turn to the birds and to the other lower groups , and so endeavour to gain an idea of the affinities of these interesting islands ...
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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