The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... possess well- developed canine teeth , and have the central toes of the fore feet elongated to accommodate their digging habits . Having completed our survey of the Monotremes and Marsupials of the Australian Sub - region , we must now ...
... possess well- developed canine teeth , and have the central toes of the fore feet elongated to accommodate their digging habits . Having completed our survey of the Monotremes and Marsupials of the Australian Sub - region , we must now ...
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... possess a Mammal- fauna of greater or less extent related to the continent to which they are nearest , and have consequently been termed by Mr. Wallace " continental islands . ” All such " continental islands " are separated by narrow ...
... possess a Mammal- fauna of greater or less extent related to the continent to which they are nearest , and have consequently been termed by Mr. Wallace " continental islands . ” All such " continental islands " are separated by narrow ...
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... possesses two very singular forms of Parrots ( Nestor and Stringops ) , for the reception of which special families have been formed ; and eighteen other peculiar genera of land - birds , most of which are related more or less remotely ...
... possesses two very singular forms of Parrots ( Nestor and Stringops ) , for the reception of which special families have been formed ; and eighteen other peculiar genera of land - birds , most of which are related more or less remotely ...
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... possesses no indigenous terrestrial Mammals , yet the fauna , such as it is , shows an unmistakable affinity of various degrees to that of Australia , and more especially to the tropical part of that continent . It is , indeed ...
... possesses no indigenous terrestrial Mammals , yet the fauna , such as it is , shows an unmistakable affinity of various degrees to that of Australia , and more especially to the tropical part of that continent . It is , indeed ...
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... possess ( lipotypes ) as for what it has . Everything points to the conclusion that during a long geological age , probably throughout the greater part of the Tertiary epoch , South America was entirely isolated from the rest of the ...
... possess ( lipotypes ) as for what it has . Everything points to the conclusion that during a long geological age , probably throughout the greater part of the Tertiary epoch , South America was entirely isolated from the rest of 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