The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... CARNIVORA— SECTION I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS • 239 " " II . DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAT - LIKE CARNIVORA III . DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOG - LIKE CARNIVORA • 240 245 • 99 IV . DISTRIBUTION OF THE BEAR - LIKE CARNIVORA . 247 99 V. DISTRIBUTION OF ...
... CARNIVORA— SECTION I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS • 239 " " II . DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAT - LIKE CARNIVORA III . DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOG - LIKE CARNIVORA • 240 245 • 99 IV . DISTRIBUTION OF THE BEAR - LIKE CARNIVORA . 247 99 V. DISTRIBUTION OF ...
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... Carnivora - the Pinnipeds or seals , and two other Orders in their entirety ( the Cetaceans or whales , and the Sirenians or Manatees ) are specially adapted for existence in water . Land is , therefore , a barrier to their extension ...
... Carnivora - the Pinnipeds or seals , and two other Orders in their entirety ( the Cetaceans or whales , and the Sirenians or Manatees ) are specially adapted for existence in water . Land is , therefore , a barrier to their extension ...
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... Carnivora , the Insectivora , the Edentata , and the Quadrumana - may be considered as practically absent in the Australian Region , though members of several wide - ranging genera have just crossed the line of separation , and are ...
... Carnivora , the Insectivora , the Edentata , and the Quadrumana - may be considered as practically absent in the Australian Region , though members of several wide - ranging genera have just crossed the line of separation , and are ...
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... carnivora of other parts of the world . They are semi- nocturnal in habits , and prowl about at dusk in search of the smaller mammals and birds which constitute their food . In Tasmania two peculiar forms of Dasyures occur , which are ...
... carnivora of other parts of the world . They are semi- nocturnal in habits , and prowl about at dusk in search of the smaller mammals and birds which constitute their food . In Tasmania two peculiar forms of Dasyures occur , which are ...
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... Carnivora are represented in the Papuan Region by three species . These are a Cat ( Felis megalotis ) , of which very little is known , but which is stated on competent authority to be quite a distinct species , and to be confined to ...
... Carnivora are represented in the Papuan Region by three species . These are a Cat ( Felis megalotis ) , of which very little is known , but which is stated on competent authority to be quite a distinct species , and to be confined to ...
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Africa animals Ant-eater Antarctic 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 genera genus Geographical Distribution greater number inhabitants Insectivores islands known Lemurs Macacus Madagascar mainland Malagasy 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 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