The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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As for the so - called “ Arctic realm , ” which consists of the land bordering the Polar Ocean and Hudson's Bay and the great peninsula of Greenland , “ beyond the limit of arboreal vegetation , ” together with the similar Arctic ...
As for the so - called “ Arctic realm , ” which consists of the land bordering the Polar Ocean and Hudson's Bay and the great peninsula of Greenland , “ beyond the limit of arboreal vegetation , ” together with the similar Arctic ...
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But all along the east and south - east coasts , where there is land of sufficient elevation to condense the vapours from the adjoining ocean , more fertile districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian types ...
But all along the east and south - east coasts , where there is land of sufficient elevation to condense the vapours from the adjoining ocean , more fertile districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian types ...
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For instance , one species ( P. livingstonii ) is restricted to the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean , three others to single islands in the Solomon group , and a fourth is THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 41.
For instance , one species ( P. livingstonii ) is restricted to the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean , three others to single islands in the Solomon group , and a fourth is THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 41.
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1 Zealand alone , of all the larger islands of the globe , is disconnected by a considerable breadth of ocean ( about 1400 miles ) and also by a deep sea ( more than 2000 fathoms ) from the nearest point of mainland .
1 Zealand alone , of all the larger islands of the globe , is disconnected by a considerable breadth of ocean ( about 1400 miles ) and also by a deep sea ( more than 2000 fathoms ) from the nearest point of mainland .
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Mauritius , as a matter of fact , is in every way a typical oceanic island , and there seems to be little evidence , either physical or zoological , of its having been ever connected with any other land . SECTION X. — THE POLYNESIAN SUB ...
Mauritius , as a matter of fact , is in every way a typical oceanic island , and there seems to be little evidence , either physical or zoological , of its having been ever connected with any other land . SECTION X. — THE POLYNESIAN SUB ...
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