The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... present work . Of the fifty illustrations contained in the text , which have been selected to show some of the chief Mammals typical of the different Regions , forty have been drawn by Mr. J. Smit specially for the present work . Of the ...
... present work . Of the fifty illustrations contained in the text , which have been selected to show some of the chief Mammals typical of the different Regions , forty have been drawn by Mr. J. Smit specially for the present work . Of the ...
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... present put aside the marine mammals , and address ourselves to the discussion of the distribution of the nine terrestrial Orders , namely : - 1. Primates . 2. Chiroptera . 3. Insectivora . 4. Carnivora . 5. Rodentia . 6. Ungulata . 7 ...
... present put aside the marine mammals , and address ourselves to the discussion of the distribution of the nine terrestrial Orders , namely : - 1. Primates . 2. Chiroptera . 3. Insectivora . 4. Carnivora . 5. Rodentia . 6. Ungulata . 7 ...
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... present work in an essay on the distribution of the Class of birds read before the Linnæan Society in 1857 ( 9 ) . It was further elaborated and upheld in an address given to Section D. of the British Association at the Bristol Meeting ...
... present work in an essay on the distribution of the Class of birds read before the Linnæan Society in 1857 ( 9 ) . It was further elaborated and upheld in an address given to Section D. of the British Association at the Bristol Meeting ...
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... present no palæontological evi- dence of the former occurrence of the Australian 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 ...
... present no palæontological evi- dence of the former occurrence of the Australian 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 ...
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... is indigenous . At the present time it appears to be found both in a wild state and in a semi - domesticated condition among the native Australians . SECTION III . - SUBDIVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION The 20 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... is indigenous . At the present time it appears to be found both in a wild state and in a semi - domesticated condition among the native Australians . SECTION III . - SUBDIVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION The 20 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