The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... species and of absentees . The difficulty of doing this satisfactorily is twofold . ( 1 ) The absence of any definite boundaries to most of the regions , and hence the difficulty in determining how 12 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... species and of absentees . The difficulty of doing this satisfactorily is twofold . ( 1 ) The absence of any definite boundaries to most of the regions , and hence the difficulty in determining how 12 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... BOUNDARIES OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION THE Australian Region , as will be seen by the map ( Plate II . ) , includes Australia , New Guinea , and the Moluccas , together with all the Pacific Islands and New Zealand . It is divided from the ...
... BOUNDARIES OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION THE Australian Region , as will be seen by the map ( Plate II . ) , includes Australia , New Guinea , and the Moluccas , together with all the Pacific Islands and New Zealand . It is divided from the ...
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... boundaries are found the only repre- sentatives of the lowest and most reptilian of the Orders of Mammals ; these are ... boundary into Celebes . The seventh family , the Didelphyidæ , or true Opossums , are found only in the Neotropical ...
... boundaries are found the only repre- sentatives of the lowest and most reptilian of the Orders of Mammals ; these are ... boundary into Celebes . The seventh family , the Didelphyidæ , or true Opossums , are found only in the Neotropical ...
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... BOUNDARIES OF THE NEOTROPICAL REGION THE Neotropical Region is , no doubt , after the Australian , the most distinct of all the ... boundary . Mr. Wallace ( 11 ) draws the line from the mouth of the Rio Grande on the Atlantic side to the ...
... BOUNDARIES OF THE NEOTROPICAL REGION THE Neotropical Region is , no doubt , after the Australian , the most distinct of all the ... boundary . Mr. Wallace ( 11 ) draws the line from the mouth of the Rio Grande on the Atlantic side to the ...
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... boundaries . On the other hand , when we compare the fauna of the 1 One species , Macrotus californicus , has wandered as far north as California . Neotropical with that of other regions , the deficiencies or THE NEOTROPICAL REGION 63.
... boundaries . On the other hand , when we compare the fauna of the 1 One species , Macrotus californicus , has wandered as far north as California . Neotropical with that of other regions , the deficiencies or THE NEOTROPICAL REGION 63.
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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