The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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Although fossil remains of this animal have been found in the recent Tertiary deposits , it is difficult to say whether the Dingo was introduced into Australia by the aborigines or is indigenous . At the present time it appears to be ...
Although fossil remains of this animal have been found in the recent Tertiary deposits , it is difficult to say whether the Dingo was introduced into Australia by the aborigines or is indigenous . At the present time it appears to be ...
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Both these animals , now confined to the island of Tasmania , must have formerly extended into Australia , as their remains have been found fossil in the caves of the Wellington Valley of New South Wales . Altogether the Dasyures number ...
Both these animals , now confined to the island of Tasmania , must have formerly extended into Australia , as their remains have been found fossil in the caves of the Wellington Valley of New South Wales . Altogether the Dasyures number ...
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PAST HISTORY OF THE MAMMALFAUNA OF THE AUSTRAL SUB - REGION The past history of the Australian mammals is still very obscure ; the only remains of extinct species yet discovered have been found in certain bone - caves and in surface ...
PAST HISTORY OF THE MAMMALFAUNA OF THE AUSTRAL SUB - REGION The past history of the Australian mammals is still very obscure ; the only remains of extinct species yet discovered have been found in certain bone - caves and in surface ...
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The other group , the Moas ( Dinornithida ) , is now quite extinct , but as remains of their skin and feathers have been found in some of the caves of the Southern Islands , and as the ancient legends and songs of the Maoris contain ...
The other group , the Moas ( Dinornithida ) , is now quite extinct , but as remains of their skin and feathers have been found in some of the caves of the Southern Islands , and as the ancient legends and songs of the Maoris contain ...
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Remains of these families occur in beds of Permian age in Germany , in the Keuper of Elgin ( Scotland ) , and in the ( probably contemporaneous ) Gondwana beds of India , as likewise in the lower Eocenes of North America and Northern ...
Remains of these families occur in beds of Permian age in Germany , in the Keuper of Elgin ( Scotland ) , and in the ( probably contemporaneous ) Gondwana beds of India , as likewise in the lower Eocenes of North America and Northern ...
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absence Africa allied already animals appears Asia Atlantic Australian Region Bats Bear beds belong birds boundary Carnivora Celebes Central characteristic closely coast common confined connected considerable considered containing distinct distribution districts divided division doubt Eastern endemic entirely Ethiopian Region Europe exception existing extends extinct fact fauna five forests forms four further genera genus geographical greater includes Indian inhabitants Insectivores islands known land Lemurs less limits Madagascar mainland mammals Marsupials Monkeys mountains namely Nearctic Region nearly Neotropical Region North northern occur Ocean Old World Order Oriental Region origin Pacific Palæarctic Region peculiar Peninsula Pleistocene portion possesses present probably range recent referred regards remains remarkable represented restricted Rodents seems separate single South America Southern species spread Sub-region terrestrial tropical true Ungulates usually West Western whole widely