The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... known group of the animal kingdom , and examine the geographical distribu- tion of this class of animals over the world's surface . Mammals are divided by naturalists into eleven large groups , called " Orders . " As regards their ...
... known group of the animal kingdom , and examine the geographical distribu- tion of this class of animals over the world's surface . Mammals are divided by naturalists into eleven large groups , called " Orders . " As regards their ...
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... known forms of Monotremes . 2. - NEOTROPICAL REGION Name . - veòs , new , and тρóπikos , i.e. , tropical land of the New World . Extent . - America , south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec , and the West Indies . Characteristics ...
... known forms of Monotremes . 2. - NEOTROPICAL REGION Name . - veòs , new , and тρóπikos , i.e. , tropical land of the New World . Extent . - America , south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec , and the West Indies . Characteristics ...
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... Region , 1 whereas twenty - eight more , also known 1 These are Manis , Rhinoceros , Elephas , Golunda , Atherura , Viverra , Mellivora , and Nycteris . in the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions , are likewise found 14 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... Region , 1 whereas twenty - eight more , also known 1 These are Manis , Rhinoceros , Elephas , Golunda , Atherura , Viverra , Mellivora , and Nycteris . in the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions , are likewise found 14 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... known to have existed there during the Pliocene period . This shows , we think , very conclusively that what small resemblance there is between the mammals of the Oriental and Ethio- pian Regions is due rather to a similarity in their ...
... known to have existed there during the Pliocene period . This shows , we think , very conclusively that what small resemblance there is between the mammals of the Oriental and Ethio- pian Regions is due rather to a similarity in their ...
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... known to the colonists as the " Duck - bill " or " Water - mole , " ( see Fig . 1 , p . 23 ) is entirely aquatic in its habits , and is met with only in the streams and waterholes of New South Wales and Tasmania , where it burrows in ...
... known to the colonists as the " Duck - bill " or " Water - mole , " ( see Fig . 1 , p . 23 ) is entirely aquatic in its habits , and is met with only in the streams and waterholes of New South Wales and Tasmania , where it burrows in ...
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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