The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... animal life . But all along the east and south - east coasts , where there is land of sufficient elevation to condense the vapours from the adjoining ocean , more fertile districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian ...
... animal life . But all along the east and south - east coasts , where there is land of sufficient elevation to condense the vapours from the adjoining ocean , more fertile districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian ...
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... animal with a long tapering tail , noticeable as being the largest of living car- nivorous Marsupials ( Fig . 2 , p . 25 ) ... animals , now confined to the island of Tasmania , must have formerly extended into Australia , as their remains ...
... animal with a long tapering tail , noticeable as being the largest of living car- nivorous Marsupials ( Fig . 2 , p . 25 ) ... animals , now confined to the island of Tasmania , must have formerly extended into Australia , as their remains ...
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... animal of the size and somewhat PEARSONST of the likeness of the common squirrel , with a long bushy tail and elegant transverse stripes across the back . The Myrmecobius is terrestrial in its habits , and feeds princi- pally on ants ...
... animal of the size and somewhat PEARSONST of the likeness of the common squirrel , with a long bushy tail and elegant transverse stripes across the back . The Myrmecobius is terrestrial in its habits , and feeds princi- pally on ants ...
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... animals , some inhabiting the densest scrubs , and others the hot stony ridges of the upland plains . The only remaining member of the family Peromelida is the anomalous Pigfoot ( Choropus castanotis ) , a small rat- like animal with ...
... animals , some inhabiting the densest scrubs , and others the hot stony ridges of the upland plains . The only remaining member of the family Peromelida is the anomalous Pigfoot ( Choropus castanotis ) , a small rat- like animal with ...
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... animals of the single known genus , Phascolomys , are hardly less remarkable than those of the Kangaroos . There are three species of Wombat ( Fig . 4. FIG . 3. - THE NOTORYCT . FIG . 4. - THE COMMON WOMBAT . ( Phascolomys. THE AUSTRALIAN ...
... animals of the single known genus , Phascolomys , are hardly less remarkable than those of the Kangaroos . There are three species of Wombat ( Fig . 4. FIG . 3. - THE NOTORYCT . FIG . 4. - THE COMMON WOMBAT . ( Phascolomys. THE 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