The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... tropical land of the New World . Extent . - America , south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec , and the West Indies . Characteristics . - Monkeys of the peculiar families Cebidae and Hapalidæ ; absence of Frugivorous Bats , and presence of ...
... tropical land of the New World . Extent . - America , south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec , and the West Indies . Characteristics . - Monkeys of the peculiar families Cebidae and Hapalidæ ; absence of Frugivorous Bats , and presence of ...
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... tropical and Australian Regions . He adopted the Nearctic , Palearctic , Ethiopian , and Oriental Regions as subdivisions of Arctogæa , and only stipulated for the formation of a Circum - polar province independent of the Nearctic and ...
... tropical and Australian Regions . He adopted the Nearctic , Palearctic , Ethiopian , and Oriental Regions as subdivisions of Arctogæa , and only stipulated for the formation of a Circum - polar province independent of the Nearctic and ...
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... tropical regions of both hemispheres . The most recent arrangement of this family , therefore , gives little support to Professor Huxley's arguments . Looking , again , to the distribution of the Ratitæ ( wingless birds ) , we find the ...
... tropical regions of both hemispheres . The most recent arrangement of this family , therefore , gives little support to Professor Huxley's arguments . Looking , again , to the distribution of the Ratitæ ( wingless birds ) , we find the ...
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... northern limit of trees . 2. A North Temperate Realm , occupying the whole of the northern hemisphere between the isotherms of 32 ° and 70 ° F. 3. An American Tropical Realm , consisting of Tropical America 10 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... northern limit of trees . 2. A North Temperate Realm , occupying the whole of the northern hemisphere between the isotherms of 32 ° and 70 ° F. 3. An American Tropical Realm , consisting of Tropical America 10 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... Tropical America . 4. An Indo - African Realm , consisting of Africa , except the northern border , and Tropical Asia and its islands . 5. A South American Temperate Realm , embracing extra - tropical South America . 6. An Australian ...
... Tropical America . 4. An Indo - African Realm , consisting of Africa , except the northern border , and Tropical Asia and its islands . 5. A South American Temperate Realm , embracing extra - tropical South America . 6. An Australian ...
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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