The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... absent being the Monotremes , which are absolutely confined to Australia . The Marsupials are represented in the Neotropical Region by a single family only , 1 out of seven into which this order is usually divided . This is the ...
... absent being the Monotremes , which are absolutely confined to Australia . The Marsupials are represented in the Neotropical Region by a single family only , 1 out of seven into which this order is usually divided . This is the ...
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... absence of certain families as it is for the presence of peculiar forms . This is specially noticeable in the Ungulates . There is no existing re- presentative of the four great families of the Oxen , Rhinoceroses , Horses , and ...
... absence of certain families as it is for the presence of peculiar forms . This is specially noticeable in the Ungulates . There is no existing re- presentative of the four great families of the Oxen , Rhinoceroses , Horses , and ...
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... absent in America . With the exception of some four or five species of Shrews , which have obviously spread southwards from the Nearctic Region , wherein they are found in considerable numbers , the Insectivores are represented in the ...
... absent in America . With the exception of some four or five species of Shrews , which have obviously spread southwards from the Nearctic Region , wherein they are found in considerable numbers , the Insectivores are represented in the ...
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... absent from this region : - Bovidae ( Oxen ) . Equidae ( Horses ) . Elephantidæ ( Elephants ) . Lagomyidae ( Pikas ) . Viverrida ( Civets ) . Talpida ( Moles ) . Pteropida ( Fruit - bats ) . Lemurida ( Lemurs ) . Cercopithecida ( Old ...
... absent from this region : - Bovidae ( Oxen ) . Equidae ( Horses ) . Elephantidæ ( Elephants ) . Lagomyidae ( Pikas ) . Viverrida ( Civets ) . Talpida ( Moles ) . Pteropida ( Fruit - bats ) . Lemurida ( Lemurs ) . Cercopithecida ( Old ...
Página 68
... absence of this group within its limits . The West Indian representatives of this group are two in number , and belong to a peculiar genus ( Solenodon ) , which is of rather doubtful affinities but of family rank . It is allied in some ...
... absence of this group within its limits . The West Indian representatives of this group are two in number , and belong to a peculiar genus ( Solenodon ) , which is of rather doubtful affinities but of family rank . It is allied in some ...
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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