The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Northern Hemisphere undivided and rather unmanageable . But this northern land is easily separable into four sections , although it should be under- stood that these four sections are not of equivalent value to the two other primary ...
... Northern Hemisphere undivided and rather unmanageable . But this northern land is easily separable into four sections , although it should be under- stood that these four sections are not of equivalent value to the two other primary ...
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... Northern Asia . V. Nearctic Region . } VI . Palearctic Region . We will now take a brief survey of the principal features of these six regions — as shown in the accompany- ing chart ( Plate I. , p . 16 ) and their most characteristic ...
... Northern Asia . V. Nearctic Region . } VI . Palearctic Region . We will now take a brief survey of the principal features of these six regions — as shown in the accompany- ing chart ( Plate I. , p . 16 ) and their most characteristic ...
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... northern district of the New World . Extent . - North America , down to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec . Characteristics . - General mammal - fauna , very like that of the Palearctic Region , but mixed up with endemic forms and intruders ...
... northern district of the New World . Extent . - North America , down to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec . Characteristics . - General mammal - fauna , very like that of the Palearctic Region , but mixed up with endemic forms and intruders ...
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... northern area of the Old World . Extent . - Whole of the Eastern Hemisphere north of a line on the south of the Atlas , and running eastward through the south of Palestine and Persia , along the Himalayas , through Central Asia and the ...
... northern area of the Old World . Extent . - Whole of the Eastern Hemisphere north of a line on the south of the Atlas , and running eastward through the south of Palestine and Persia , along the Himalayas , through Central Asia and the ...
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... northern limit of trees . 2. A North Temperate Realm , occupying the whole of the northern hemisphere between the isotherms of 32 ° and 70 ° F. 3. An American Tropical Realm , consisting of Tropical America 10 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... northern limit of trees . 2. A North Temperate Realm , occupying the whole of the northern hemisphere between the isotherms of 32 ° and 70 ° F. 3. An American Tropical Realm , consisting of Tropical America 10 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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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