The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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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.
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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Another peculiarity of the Tarsipes is that its food appears to be exclusively honey , no other substance having been found in the stomachs of the specimens examined , and its long and slender tongue being obviously adapted , like the ...
Another peculiarity of the Tarsipes is that its food appears to be exclusively honey , no other substance having been found in the stomachs of the specimens examined , and its long and slender tongue being obviously adapted , like the ...
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Monkeys , Insectivores , and the most useful Order of Ungulates , to which its grassy plains would appear to be , and , as we know by actual experience are , excellently adapted , are alike ...
Monkeys , Insectivores , and the most useful Order of Ungulates , to which its grassy plains would appear to be , and , as we know by actual experience are , excellently adapted , are alike ...
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As in South America , these extinct animals appear in many cases to have attained a size far surpassing that of their degenerate descendants . None of the remains hitherto found in Australia throw much light on the origin of its ...
As in South America , these extinct animals appear in many cases to have attained a size far surpassing that of their degenerate descendants . None of the remains hitherto found in Australia throw much light on the origin of its ...
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... Chatham Island , Stewart Island , Auckland Island , Campbell Island , and Macquarie Island , and probably Lord Howe's Island , though in some respects this appears to belong rather to the Australian mainland than to New Zealand .
... Chatham Island , Stewart Island , Auckland Island , Campbell Island , and Macquarie Island , and probably Lord Howe's Island , though in some respects this appears to belong rather to the Australian mainland than to New Zealand .
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absence Africa allied already animals appears Asia Atlantic Australian Region Bats Bears beds belong birds Borneo boundary Carnivora Celebes Central characteristic closely coast common confined connected considerable considered containing distinct distribution districts divided division Eastern endemic entirely Ethiopian Region Europe exception existing extends extinct fact fauna five forests forms four genera genus geographical greater includes Indian inhabitants Insectivora islands known land Lemurs less limits Madagascar mainland MAMMAL-FAUNA mammals Marsupials Monkeys mountains namely Nearctic Region nearly Neotropical Region North northern occur Ocean Old World Oriental Region origin Pacific Palearctic Region Papuan peculiar Peninsula Pleistocene portion possesses present probably range recent regards remains remarkable represented restricted Rodents seems separate single South America Southern species spread Sub-region tropical true Ungulates usually West Western whole widely World Monkeys Zealand
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Geography of Mammals Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 |
| Autores | William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Editor | K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 27 Ago. 2008 |
| Largo | 335 páginas |
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