The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... nearly equal value . These three Sub - classes are , as named by Professor Huxley - the Prototheria , embracing only the Order Monotremata- the Metatheria , equivalent to the Order Marsupialia , and the Eutheria , which includes all the ...
... nearly equal value . These three Sub - classes are , as named by Professor Huxley - the Prototheria , embracing only the Order Monotremata- the Metatheria , equivalent to the Order Marsupialia , and the Eutheria , which includes all the ...
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... nearly all Eutherian Mam- mals , except a few Rodents and Bats ; presence of six distinct families of Marsupials with one hundred species , and the only two known forms of Monotremes . 2. - NEOTROPICAL REGION Name . - veòs , new , and ...
... nearly all Eutherian Mam- mals , except a few Rodents and Bats ; presence of six distinct families of Marsupials with one hundred species , and the only two known forms of Monotremes . 2. - NEOTROPICAL REGION Name . - veòs , new , and ...
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... nearly all its entirety the system adopted in this work , with the exception that he recognises an Arctic Sub - region to include the more northerly parts of both the Old and New worlds . Finally , Professor Newton , who has given us ...
... nearly all its entirety the system adopted in this work , with the exception that he recognises an Arctic Sub - region to include the more northerly parts of both the Old and New worlds . Finally , Professor Newton , who has given us ...
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... nearly one hundred species of Bats , are met with within the Region , and of these genera eight are not found elsewhere . This is a high percentage , only excelled in the Neotropical Region , which is extraordinarily rich in Bats ...
... nearly one hundred species of Bats , are met with within the Region , and of these genera eight are not found elsewhere . This is a high percentage , only excelled in the Neotropical Region , which is extraordinarily rich in Bats ...
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... nearly equal length . One of the finest and most brightly coloured of this larger group is the Red Kangaroo ( Fig . 5 , p . 31 ) , which has been introduced into Europe , and breeds freely in our zoological gardens . Dendrolagus ...
... nearly equal length . One of the finest and most brightly coloured of this larger group is the Red Kangaroo ( Fig . 5 , p . 31 ) , which has been introduced into Europe , and breeds freely in our zoological gardens . Dendrolagus ...
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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