The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... portions of the south world . " But on referring to the account of the distribu- tion of the Parrots in Salvadori's recently published cata- logue ( 8 ) , it will be found that out of the six families into which he divides the group ...
... portions of the south world . " But on referring to the account of the distribu- tion of the Parrots in Salvadori's recently published cata- logue ( 8 ) , it will be found that out of the six families into which he divides the group ...
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... portion of its interior so parched up and barren as to be almost destitute of animal life . But all along the east and south - east coasts , where there is land of sufficient elevation to condense the vapours from the adjoining ocean ...
... portion of its interior so parched up and barren as to be almost destitute of animal life . But all along the east and south - east coasts , where there is land of sufficient elevation to condense the vapours from the adjoining ocean ...
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... portions of Australia , each colony having its peculiar forms . They are all purely terrestrial animals , some inhabiting the densest scrubs , and others the hot stony ridges of the upland plains . The only remaining member of the ...
... portions of Australia , each colony having its peculiar forms . They are all purely terrestrial animals , some inhabiting the densest scrubs , and others the hot stony ridges of the upland plains . The only remaining member of the ...
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... portion of Australia , to which New Zealand is now nearest in point of actual distance . This connection is further confirmed by the soundings of the seas round the islands , which show that , although on the west , south , and east ...
... portion of Australia , to which New Zealand is now nearest in point of actual distance . This connection is further confirmed by the soundings of the seas round the islands , which show that , although on the west , south , and east ...
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... portion of the world into a Primary Region . Other small insular areas might , with some justice , put forward nearly similar claims . In the third place , although New Zealand possesses no indigenous terrestrial Mammals , yet the fauna ...
... portion of the world into a Primary Region . Other small insular areas might , with some justice , put forward nearly similar claims . In the third place , although New Zealand possesses no indigenous terrestrial Mammals , yet the fauna ...
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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