The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Asia and its islands . 5. A South American Temperate Realm , embracing extra - tropical South America . 6. An Australian Realm , equivalent to our Australian Region . 7. A Lemurian Realm , containing Madagascar and its islands . Mr ...
... Asia and its islands . 5. A South American Temperate Realm , embracing extra - tropical South America . 6. An Australian Realm , equivalent to our Australian Region . 7. A Lemurian Realm , containing Madagascar and its islands . Mr ...
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... Asia and America , from which it is separated by a very deep ocean more than 2000 miles across , but also from the other larger groups of the Polynesian islands such as Samoa and the Marquesas , from which it is parted by nearly the ...
... Asia and America , from which it is separated by a very deep ocean more than 2000 miles across , but also from the other larger groups of the Polynesian islands such as Samoa and the Marquesas , from which it is parted by nearly the ...
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... Asia , and probably introduced by human agency . The Seychelles are distant about 700 miles from the northern point of Madagascar in a north - easterly direction , a more or less continuous chain of islands ( Amirante , Provi- dence ...
... Asia , and probably introduced by human agency . The Seychelles are distant about 700 miles from the northern point of Madagascar in a north - easterly direction , a more or less continuous chain of islands ( Amirante , Provi- dence ...
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... this Sub - region , and the other two are confined to South - East Asia . Four out of the five known species of the peculiar Rodent - genus Anomalurus , already referred to , are also confined to the West 110 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... this Sub - region , and the other two are confined to South - East Asia . Four out of the five known species of the peculiar Rodent - genus Anomalurus , already referred to , are also confined to the West 110 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... Asia . Probably the most convenient boundary will be found to be that adopted by Wallace - the northern edge of the basin of the Yang - tze - Kiang . This is , no doubt , to a great extent an artificial boundary , but such a fault is ...
... Asia . Probably the most convenient boundary will be found to be that adopted by Wallace - the northern edge of the basin of the Yang - tze - Kiang . This is , no doubt , to a great extent an artificial boundary , but such a fault is ...
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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