The Geography of MammalsKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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The Rocky - mountain Goat ( Haploceros montanus ) 32. The Musk Ox ( Ovibos moschatus ) . 33. The American Bison ( Bison americanus ) 34. The Star - nosed Mole ( Condylura cristata ) . THE PALEARCTIC REGION 38.
The Rocky - mountain Goat ( Haploceros montanus ) 32. The Musk Ox ( Ovibos moschatus ) . 33. The American Bison ( Bison americanus ) 34. The Star - nosed Mole ( Condylura cristata ) . THE PALEARCTIC REGION 38.
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THE PAPUAN SUB - REGION In contrast to Australia , the great island of New Guinea , or Papua , is traversed throughout by mountains of high altitude . The rivers rising in these ranges , aided by the suns of the tropics , produce a ...
THE PAPUAN SUB - REGION In contrast to Australia , the great island of New Guinea , or Papua , is traversed throughout by mountains of high altitude . The rivers rising in these ranges , aided by the suns of the tropics , produce a ...
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One of these , remarkable for its peculiar and probably prehensile tail , is found only in the mountains of New Guinea , and has been placed in a new genus ( Chiuromys ) . Among the Rodents also there is one very obvious intruder from ...
One of these , remarkable for its peculiar and probably prehensile tail , is found only in the mountains of New Guinea , and has been placed in a new genus ( Chiuromys ) . Among the Rodents also there is one very obvious intruder from ...
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In addition to the Lamas , this Sub - region possesses a species of thickly haired mountain Tapir , differing from the lowland forms , and two or three peculiar Deer , of the sub - genus Furcifer , which are likewise densely furred .
In addition to the Lamas , this Sub - region possesses a species of thickly haired mountain Tapir , differing from the lowland forms , and two or three peculiar Deer , of the sub - genus Furcifer , which are likewise densely furred .
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... and the Mountain Zebra ( Equus zebra ) , which is fast approaching the same condition . But Burchell's Zebra ( Equus burchelli ) , under various slight modifications , occurs in suitable localities throughout the whole Sub - region ...
... and the Mountain Zebra ( Equus zebra ) , which is fast approaching the same condition . But Burchell's Zebra ( Equus burchelli ) , under various slight modifications , occurs in suitable localities throughout the whole Sub - region ...
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| Título | The Geography of Mammals |
| Autores | William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Editor | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company Limited, 1899 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 27 Ago. 2008 |
| Largo | 335 páginas |
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