The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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Página 82
... beds " and " Megalonyx - beds " of a slightly later date in the United States , which contain a composite Mammal - fauna of northern forms mixed with forms usually considered to be exclusively South American— such as the gigantic ...
... beds " and " Megalonyx - beds " of a slightly later date in the United States , which contain a composite Mammal - fauna of northern forms mixed with forms usually considered to be exclusively South American— such as the gigantic ...
Página 83
... beds " in the United States , a wide bridge between North and South America , affording an easy road to migrating animals , must have existed , and this again seems to have become considerably narrowed to form the present Isthmus of ...
... beds " in the United States , a wide bridge between North and South America , affording an easy road to migrating animals , must have existed , and this again seems to have become considerably narrowed to form the present Isthmus of ...
Página 94
... beds of Sicily . This indicates that members of this family once had a wider distribution northwards than what they now retain . The Carnivora are well represented in the Ethiopian Region . This is especially the case with the family of ...
... beds of Sicily . This indicates that members of this family once had a wider distribution northwards than what they now retain . The Carnivora are well represented in the Ethiopian Region . This is especially the case with the family of ...
Página 95
... beds were laid down , and remains of Bears have been also found in the Siwalik deposits of India , which are possibly ( Proteles cristatus . ) of even greater age . It seems , therefore , very strange that the Bears should never have ...
... beds were laid down , and remains of Bears have been also found in the Siwalik deposits of India , which are possibly ( Proteles cristatus . ) of even greater age . It seems , therefore , very strange that the Bears should never have ...
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... beds of lower Pliocene age in the island of Samos , in the Egean Sea , shows that the Aardvark , like so many other African animals , has migrated southwards from the Palearctic Region . The greater number of the genera to which the ...
... beds of lower Pliocene age in the island of Samos , in the Egean Sea , shows that the Aardvark , like so many other African animals , has migrated southwards from the Palearctic Region . The greater number of the genera to which the ...
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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