The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... doubt correctly , that it contains a " homogeneous hyperborean fauna of circum - polar distribution . " But looking to the extreme poverty of life in these inclement latitudes , as Mr. Allen well puts it , it seems to be quite ...
... doubt correctly , that it contains a " homogeneous hyperborean fauna of circum - polar distribution . " But looking to the extreme poverty of life in these inclement latitudes , as Mr. Allen well puts it , it seems to be quite ...
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... doubt , as has just been shown , a good deal to be said for this proposal ; but , on the other hand , there are even stronger reasons for retaining New Zealand as a Sub - region of the Australian Region . In the first place , we are ...
... doubt , as has just been shown , a good deal to be said for this proposal ; but , on the other hand , there are even stronger reasons for retaining New Zealand as a Sub - region of the Australian Region . In the first place , we are ...
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... doubt , reached the Sandwich Islands from that continent . The birds , however , to which we must turn for a moment in order to gain some idea as to the composition of the Hawaiian fauna , show extreme specialisation . The greater ...
... doubt , reached the Sandwich Islands from that continent . The birds , however , to which we must turn for a moment in order to gain some idea as to the composition of the Hawaiian fauna , show extreme specialisation . The greater ...
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... doubt , after the Australian , the most distinct of all the regions . It includes not only the continent of South America , but the West Indies , Central America , and a considerable portion of Southern Mexico . As regards its northern ...
... doubt , after the Australian , the most distinct of all the regions . It includes not only the continent of South America , but the West Indies , Central America , and a considerable portion of Southern Mexico . As regards its northern ...
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... found elsewhere , and many of them restricted to individual islands in which they represent each other ( 7 ) . There can be no doubt that the Galapagos have never , at any period of their history , been joined to THE NEOTROPICAL REGION 53.
... found elsewhere , and many of them restricted to individual islands in which they represent each other ( 7 ) . There can be no doubt that the Galapagos have never , at any period of their history , been joined to THE NEOTROPICAL REGION 53.
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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