The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... accordance with a suggestion by Professor Newton , " has proposed to unite the Nearctic and Palearctic Regions into a single realm - the " Holarctic " -and to separate the Pacific Islands from Australia as the " Polynesian Realm .
... accordance with a suggestion by Professor Newton , " has proposed to unite the Nearctic and Palearctic Regions into a single realm - the " Holarctic " -and to separate the Pacific Islands from Australia as the " Polynesian Realm .
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The Wombats are numerically of the least importance of the three families above mentioned , although the form and general appearance of the animals of the single known genus , Phascolomys , are hardly less remarkable than those of the ...
The Wombats are numerically of the least importance of the three families above mentioned , although the form and general appearance of the animals of the single known genus , Phascolomys , are hardly less remarkable than those of the ...
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The Koala , or " native bear " ( Phascolarctos ) , of which form a single isolated species only is known , serves to connect the Phalangers with the Wombats , being allied to the latter by many characters , and amongst others by the ...
The Koala , or " native bear " ( Phascolarctos ) , of which form a single isolated species only is known , serves to connect the Phalangers with the Wombats , being allied to the latter by many characters , and amongst others by the ...
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For instance , one species ( P. livingstonii ) is restricted to the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean , three others to single islands in the Solomon group , and a fourth is THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 41.
For instance , one species ( P. livingstonii ) is restricted to the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean , three others to single islands in the Solomon group , and a fourth is THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 41.
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As would be naturally expected , there are no indigenous land - mammals in the Hawaiian Sub - region , but a single species of bat ( Atalapha semota ) occurs there . This bat belongs to a genus found in America , and has , no doubt ...
As would be naturally expected , there are no indigenous land - mammals in the Hawaiian Sub - region , but a single species of bat ( Atalapha semota ) occurs there . This bat belongs to a genus found in America , and has , no doubt ...
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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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