The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... characteristic of the Neotropical Region . Of the five generally recognised families two belong entirely to the Old World ; the other three - the Sloths , the Ant - eaters , and the Armadilloes ( which are more nearly allied to one ...
... characteristic of the Neotropical Region . Of the five generally recognised families two belong entirely to the Old World ; the other three - the Sloths , the Ant - eaters , and the Armadilloes ( which are more nearly allied to one ...
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... characteristic of its mammal - fauna . The Sloths ( Brady- podide ) of the present epoch at least , are entirely arboreal J. Smal PEARTON N in their habits , and pass their lives suspended by their limbs on the underside of the branches ...
... characteristic of its mammal - fauna . The Sloths ( Brady- podide ) of the present epoch at least , are entirely arboreal J. Smal PEARTON N in their habits , and pass their lives suspended by their limbs on the underside of the branches ...
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... characteristic form of the Greater Antilles -absolutely unknown elsewhere . The Insectivores are usually considered to be the most generalised of all the mammalian orders , and to be the least changed descendants of the ancestral group ...
... characteristic form of the Greater Antilles -absolutely unknown elsewhere . The Insectivores are usually considered to be the most generalised of all the mammalian orders , and to be the least changed descendants of the ancestral group ...
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... characteristic West Indian Birds are found in the Greater Antilles ( i.e. Cuba , Hayti , Porto Rico , and Jamaica ) , and that the Lesser Antilles form a distinct group , the line of separation between the two provinces coinciding ...
... characteristic West Indian Birds are found in the Greater Antilles ( i.e. Cuba , Hayti , Porto Rico , and Jamaica ) , and that the Lesser Antilles form a distinct group , the line of separation between the two provinces coinciding ...
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... characteristic Mammal - families of the Neotropical Region . Finally , as regards the Monkeys , the Marmosets ( Hapa- lida ) appear to be represented only by a single species , which is an intruder into the extreme southern end of the ...
... characteristic Mammal - families of the Neotropical Region . Finally , as regards the Monkeys , the Marmosets ( Hapa- lida ) appear to be represented only by a single species , which is an intruder into the extreme southern end of 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