The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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It inhabits the scrubs throughout the eastern districts of Australia , and is likewise
occasionally found as far along the southern coast as Western Australia . In
Tasmania a slightly different species ( Echidna setosa ) with ON SA IN longer fur
...
It inhabits the scrubs throughout the eastern districts of Australia , and is likewise
occasionally found as far along the southern coast as Western Australia . In
Tasmania a slightly different species ( Echidna setosa ) with ON SA IN longer fur
...
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Australian marsupials , have also teeth adapted to an insectivorous diet ,
although we know , from the records of trustworthy observers , that some of the
species feed more or less upon vegetable substances . Such is certainly the case
with the ...
Australian marsupials , have also teeth adapted to an insectivorous diet ,
although we know , from the records of trustworthy observers , that some of the
species feed more or less upon vegetable substances . Such is certainly the case
with the ...
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They are at once the most numerous in species , and in the former condition of
Australia , before the influx of Europeans took place , were probably likewise the
most prevalent form of mammalian life as regards individuals . In his great work
on ...
They are at once the most numerous in species , and in the former condition of
Australia , before the influx of Europeans took place , were probably likewise the
most prevalent form of mammalian life as regards individuals . In his great work
on ...
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cosmopolitian Mus , or true Mouse , numbers no less than eighteen species in
Australia . The habits of the Watervoles of Europe are assumed by the species of
the genus Hydromys , which are modified for aquatic life , while the species of ...
cosmopolitian Mus , or true Mouse , numbers no less than eighteen species in
Australia . The habits of the Watervoles of Europe are assumed by the species of
the genus Hydromys , which are modified for aquatic life , while the species of ...
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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 found throughout the Old World ; and the last is a Carnivore (
Canis ) ...
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 found throughout the Old World ; and the last is a Carnivore (
Canis ) ...
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