The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... ranges , and seas and rivers form their restraining boundaries . We will for the present put aside the marine mammals , and address ourselves to the discussion of the distribution of the nine terrestrial Orders , namely : - 1. Primates ...
... ranges , and seas and rivers form their restraining boundaries . We will for the present put aside the marine mammals , and address ourselves to the discussion of the distribution of the nine terrestrial Orders , namely : - 1. Primates ...
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... ranges of these groups on the map , we shall find that the Monotremes are wholly confined to Australia and New Guinea ; that the Marsupials pre- dominate in Australia , and are only met with elsewhere in South America ( one or two ...
... ranges of these groups on the map , we shall find that the Monotremes are wholly confined to Australia and New Guinea ; that the Marsupials pre- dominate in Australia , and are only met with elsewhere in South America ( one or two ...
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... range further south into the Neotropical Region on the one hand , and into the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions on the other . Working from these tables we find that 38 per cent . of the Nearctic genera and 42 per cent . of the Palearctic ...
... range further south into the Neotropical Region on the one hand , and into the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions on the other . Working from these tables we find that 38 per cent . of the Nearctic genera and 42 per cent . of the Palearctic ...
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... range even into the Ethiopian and Palearctic Regions . Of these the greater number ( fourteen ) are Bats ; one is a Marsupial ( Phalanger ) , of which two species occur in Celebes ; another is the widely spread genus Mus , which is ...
... range even into the Ethiopian and Palearctic Regions . Of these the greater number ( fourteen ) are Bats ; one is a Marsupial ( Phalanger ) , of which two species occur in Celebes ; another is the widely spread genus Mus , which is ...
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... ranges , aided by the suns of the tropics , produce a luxuriant vegetation , and such a country as we should suppose would be espe- cially favourable to mammal - life . Yet mammals are by no means abundant in New Guinea and in the ...
... ranges , aided by the suns of the tropics , produce a luxuriant vegetation , and such a country as we should suppose would be espe- cially favourable to mammal - life . Yet mammals are by no means abundant in New Guinea and in the ...
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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