The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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The first of these , 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 ...
The first of these , 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 ...
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Of the seven families into which this order is 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 ...
Of the seven families into which this order is 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 ...
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Putting aside the marine mammals — the Seals , Cetaceans , and Sirenians — and confining our attention to the terrestrial groups , we find only three of the usually recognised orders , namely , the Rodents , Bats , and Carnivores ...
Putting aside the marine mammals — the Seals , Cetaceans , and Sirenians — and confining our attention to the terrestrial groups , we find only three of the usually recognised orders , namely , the Rodents , Bats , and Carnivores ...
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... which , though externally resembling a lizard , differs from all other lacertians in so many points of its skeleton and internal structure that it is usually considered to belong to a separate and distinct order of reptiles .
... which , though externally resembling a lizard , differs from all other lacertians in so many points of its skeleton and internal structure that it is usually considered to belong to a separate and distinct order of reptiles .
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... Order entirely absent being the Monotremes , which are absolutely contined to Australia . The Marsupials are represented in the Neotropical Region by a single family only , ' out of seven into which this order is usually divided .
... Order entirely absent being the Monotremes , which are absolutely contined to Australia . The Marsupials are represented in the Neotropical Region by a single family only , ' out of seven into which this order is usually divided .
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| Título | The Geography of Mammals Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 |
| Autores | William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Editor | K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 27 Ago. 2008 |
| Largo | 335 páginas |
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