The Geography of MammalsKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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In Tasmania a slightly different species ( Echidna setosa ) with · longer fur , almost concealing the spines ( by some authors considered to be only a geographical race or sub - species of the typical form ) , is met with .
In Tasmania a slightly different species ( Echidna setosa ) with · longer fur , almost concealing the spines ( by some authors considered to be only a geographical race or sub - species of the typical form ) , is met with .
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 .
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 .
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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| Título | The Geography of Mammals |
| Autores | William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Editor | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company Limited, 1899 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 27 Ago. 2008 |
| Largo | 335 páginas |
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