The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... spread . Professor Huxley has also cited the Parrots ( Psittaco- morpha ) " as helping , together with the three - toed Ratitæ , to bind together the widely - separated portions of the south world . " But on referring to the account of ...
... spread . Professor Huxley has also cited the Parrots ( Psittaco- morpha ) " as helping , together with the three - toed Ratitæ , to bind together the widely - separated portions of the south world . " But on referring to the account of ...
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... spread genera which can hardly be called circum - polar - such as Sciurus , Sciuropterus , Lepus , Lutra , Canis , and Felis . These figures show that there is , as has indeed never been disputed , a great amount of similarity between ...
... spread genera which can hardly be called circum - polar - such as Sciurus , Sciuropterus , Lepus , Lutra , Canis , and Felis . These figures show that there is , as has indeed never been disputed , a great amount of similarity between ...
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... spread distribution in each Region . In the second table these numbers have been reduced to percentages , which give in some respects a better idea of the relative specialisation of the mammal- fauna of each Region . On examining these ...
... spread distribution in each Region . In the second table these numbers have been reduced to percentages , which give in some respects a better idea of the relative specialisation of the mammal- fauna of each Region . On examining these ...
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... spread . Endemic . Quasi- Wide- endemic . spread . 1. Australian 31 2. Neotropical 35 3. Ethiopian 23 4. Oriental 5. Nearctic 6. Palearctic . 288600 18 17 874200 50 46 71 91 90 100 CROLL 60 79 11 66 34 30 24 712833 32 32 222 12 56 65 71 ...
... spread . Endemic . Quasi- Wide- endemic . spread . 1. Australian 31 2. Neotropical 35 3. Ethiopian 23 4. Oriental 5. Nearctic 6. Palearctic . 288600 18 17 874200 50 46 71 91 90 100 CROLL 60 79 11 66 34 30 24 712833 32 32 222 12 56 65 71 ...
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... spread genus Mus , which is found throughout the Old World ; and the last is a Carnivore ( Canis ) , of which the Australian representative is the Dingo . Canis is spread over the whole of the rest of the world , both Old and New ...
... spread genus Mus , which is found throughout the Old World ; and the last is a Carnivore ( Canis ) , of which the Australian representative is the Dingo . Canis is spread over the whole of the rest of the world , both Old and New ...
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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