The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... entirely confined to South and Central America . Taking these main facts as our guide , we may divide the land - surface of the Earth as follows , into three divisions : - ( 1 ) Land where Marsupials ) prevail ; no Euther- ians except ...
... entirely confined to South and Central America . Taking these main facts as our guide , we may divide the land - surface of the Earth as follows , into three divisions : - ( 1 ) Land where Marsupials ) prevail ; no Euther- ians except ...
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... entirely new set of names , as follows : — ( 1 ) The Anglo - gæan ( = Nearctic Region ) . ( 2 ) The Eury - gæan ( = Palæarctic Region ) . ( 3 ) The Indo - gæan ( = Oriental Region ) . ( 4 ) The Afro - gæan ( = Ethiopian Region ) . ( 5 ) ...
... entirely new set of names , as follows : — ( 1 ) The Anglo - gæan ( = Nearctic Region ) . ( 2 ) The Eury - gæan ( = Palæarctic Region ) . ( 3 ) The Indo - gæan ( = Oriental Region ) . ( 4 ) The Afro - gæan ( = Ethiopian Region ) . ( 5 ) ...
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... entirely confined to each region are classed as " endemic " ; those that cross the frontiers slightly as " quasi - endemic " ; all others are considered as " wide - spread . " The percentages , it will be observed , on account of the ...
... entirely confined to each region are classed as " endemic " ; those that cross the frontiers slightly as " quasi - endemic " ; all others are considered as " wide - spread . " The percentages , it will be observed , on account of the ...
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... entirely con- fined to the Australian Region , with the exception of two species of phalanger ( Phalanger ursinus and P. celebensis ) , which have crossed the boundary into Celebes . The seventh family , the Didelphyidæ , or true ...
... entirely con- fined to the Australian Region , with the exception of two species of phalanger ( Phalanger ursinus and P. celebensis ) , which have crossed the boundary into Celebes . The seventh family , the Didelphyidæ , or true ...
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... entirely aquatic in its habits , and is met with only in the streams and waterholes of New South Wales and Tasmania , where it burrows in the banks , and swims and dives with great facility . The Echidna , or Spiny Ant - eater , " is ...
... entirely aquatic in its habits , and is met with only in the streams and waterholes of New South Wales and Tasmania , where it burrows in the banks , and swims and dives with great facility . The Echidna , or Spiny Ant - eater , " is ...
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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