The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... remarkable for its savage and voracious disposition . 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 ...
... remarkable for its savage and voracious disposition . 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 ...
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... the single known genus , Phascolomys , are hardly less remarkable than those of the Kangaroos . There are three species of Wombat ( Fig . 4. FIG . 3. - THE NOTORYCT . FIG . 4. - THE COMMON WOMBAT . ( Phascolomys. THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 27.
... the single known genus , Phascolomys , are hardly less remarkable than those of the Kangaroos . There are three species of Wombat ( Fig . 4. FIG . 3. - THE NOTORYCT . FIG . 4. - THE COMMON WOMBAT . ( Phascolomys. THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 27.
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... remarkable for the fact that the proportionate lengths of the fore and hind limbs , unlike those of the true kangaroos , resemble those of ordinary mammals ; they further differ from all other kangaroos in being arboreal in their habits ...
... remarkable for the fact that the proportionate lengths of the fore and hind limbs , unlike those of the true kangaroos , resemble those of ordinary mammals ; they further differ from all other kangaroos in being arboreal in their habits ...
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... remarkable fauna . But quite recently evidence of an extensive mammalian fauna has been discovered in certain beds , of probably Upper Eocene age , in Santa Cruz , Patagonia . In addition to a number of other forms , this series ...
... remarkable fauna . But quite recently evidence of an extensive mammalian fauna has been discovered in certain beds , of probably Upper Eocene age , in Santa Cruz , Patagonia . In addition to a number of other forms , this series ...
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... remarkable for its long tail , which bears at its tip a double row of hairs on either side , and thus resembles a feather . The other genus is Dorcopsis , containing three species of animals somewhat nearly allied to the true Kangaroos ...
... remarkable for its long tail , which bears at its tip a double row of hairs on either side , and thus resembles a feather . The other genus is Dorcopsis , containing three species of animals somewhat nearly allied to the true Kangaroos ...
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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