The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... forms . 1. - AUSTRALIAN REGION Extent . - Australia , New Guinea , and Moluccas up to Wallace's line , New Zealand , and the numerous islands of the Pacific . Characteristics . - Absence of nearly all Eutherian Mam- mals , except a few ...
... forms . 1. - AUSTRALIAN REGION Extent . - Australia , New Guinea , and Moluccas up to Wallace's line , New Zealand , and the numerous islands of the Pacific . Characteristics . - Absence of nearly all Eutherian Mam- mals , except a few ...
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... forms of the Oriental Region are fewer than in the Ethiopian Region , and that the Oriental Region has Bears , Deer , and Tapirs , which are wanting in the latter . 5. - NEARCTIC REGION Name . - veòs , new , and аρктoя , north , i.e. ...
... forms of the Oriental Region are fewer than in the Ethiopian Region , and that the Oriental Region has Bears , Deer , and Tapirs , which are wanting in the latter . 5. - NEARCTIC REGION Name . - veòs , new , and аρктoя , north , i.e. ...
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... forms , or of forms allied to them , outside of Australia itself.1 On the other hand , the presence of fossil opossums ( Didel- phyidae ) in the Eocene beds of France , shows that the South American forms were formerly more widely ...
... forms , or of forms allied to them , outside of Australia itself.1 On the other hand , the presence of fossil opossums ( Didel- phyidae ) in the Eocene beds of France , shows that the South American forms were formerly more widely ...
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... forms , which have obviously intruded from the neighbouring regions , should be counted . ( 2 ) The uncertainty as to the limits of the genera . This uncertainty has been greatly increased of late years by the action of some zoologists ...
... forms , which have obviously intruded from the neighbouring regions , should be counted . ( 2 ) The uncertainty as to the limits of the genera . This uncertainty has been greatly increased of late years by the action of some zoologists ...
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... forms inhabiting it , which do not seem to connect it with either region . On the whole , however , the evidence of the mammals , at any rate , serves to connect it more closely with the Oriental Region , as will be seen by the ...
... forms inhabiting it , which do not seem to connect it with either region . On the whole , however , the evidence of the mammals , at any rate , serves to connect it more closely with the Oriental Region , as will be seen by the ...
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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