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 found both in
a ...
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 found both in
a ...
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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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... 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 - deposits generally attributed to the Pleistocene Epoch .
... 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 - deposits generally attributed to the Pleistocene Epoch .
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The other group , the Moas ( Dinornithidæ ) , 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 ( Dinornithidæ ) , 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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