The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Borneo by two chains of islands , so that the straits separating the group from Borneo are nowhere very wide , contain a poor mammal - fauna as compared with Borneo . Only about fourteen genera , exclusive of bats , have reached these ...
... Borneo by two chains of islands , so that the straits separating the group from Borneo are nowhere very wide , contain a poor mammal - fauna as compared with Borneo . Only about fourteen genera , exclusive of bats , have reached these ...
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... Borneo , the only other Tapirs now existing in the world being met with in Central and Southern America . This is one of the most interesting cases known of what is termed " discontinuous " distribution , but the explanation of it is ...
... Borneo , the only other Tapirs now existing in the world being met with in Central and Southern America . This is one of the most interesting cases known of what is termed " discontinuous " distribution , but the explanation of it is ...
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... Borneo , and Sumatra . A third endemic Carnivore , Mydaus , which , ( Simia satyrus . ) like the American Skunk , is remarkable for the very powerful odour emitted from its anal glands , was originally described from the mountains of ...
... Borneo , and Sumatra . A third endemic Carnivore , Mydaus , which , ( Simia satyrus . ) like the American Skunk , is remarkable for the very powerful odour emitted from its anal glands , was originally described from the mountains of ...
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... Borneo . Of the Insectivores by far the most important genus in the Malayan Sub - region is the Tree - shrew ( Tupaia ) , of which at least a dozen species are here found . The Tree- shrews are small animals , of the general appearance ...
... Borneo . Of the Insectivores by far the most important genus in the Malayan Sub - region is the Tree - shrew ( Tupaia ) , of which at least a dozen species are here found . The Tree- shrews are small animals , of the general appearance ...
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... Borneo and Sumatra . The forms met with in these islands respectively have been treated as specifically distinct , and the Bornean form has also been divided into several species . But , on the whole , the prevalent opinion of modern ...
... Borneo and Sumatra . The forms met with in these islands respectively have been treated as specifically distinct , and the Bornean form has also been divided into several species . But , on the whole , the prevalent opinion of modern ...
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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