The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... usually known to the colonists as the " Duck - bill " or " Water - mole , " ( see Fig . 1 , p . 23 ) is entirely aquatic in its habits , and is met with only in the streams and waterholes of New South Wales and Tasmania , where it ...
... usually known to the colonists as the " Duck - bill " or " Water - mole , " ( see Fig . 1 , p . 23 ) is entirely aquatic in its habits , and is met with only in the streams and waterholes of New South Wales and Tasmania , where it ...
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... usually divided by naturalists , six are entirely confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite overshadow the few representa- tives of the higher orders of mammals found ...
... usually divided by naturalists , six are entirely confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite overshadow the few representa- tives of the higher orders of mammals found ...
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... usually recognised orders , namely , the Rodents , Bats , and Carnivores , with any representatives in this strange country . And the Carnivores would be perhaps better considered as quite external to the fauna of Australia proper ...
... usually recognised orders , namely , the Rodents , Bats , and Carnivores , with any representatives in this strange country . And the Carnivores would be perhaps better considered as quite external to the fauna of Australia proper ...
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... usually considered to belong to a separate and distinct order of reptiles . The nearest allies of this form are found among three extinct families which make up the order Rhynchocephalia . Re- mains of these families occur in beds of ...
... usually considered to belong to a separate and distinct order of reptiles . The nearest allies of this form are found among three extinct families which make up the order Rhynchocephalia . Re- mains of these families occur in beds of ...
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... usually divided . This is the Didelphyidæ , or Opossums , of the twenty - four generally recognised species of which one ( Didelphys marsupialis ) ranges north with some modification into the Nearctic Region . The Quica Opossum ( D ...
... usually divided . This is the Didelphyidæ , or Opossums , of the twenty - four generally recognised species of which one ( Didelphys marsupialis ) ranges north with some modification into the Nearctic Region . The Quica Opossum ( D ...
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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