The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... confined to each region are classed as " endemic " those that cross the frontiers slightly as " quasi - endemic " ; all others are considered as " wide - spread . " The percentages , it will be observed , on account of the omission of ...
... confined to each region are classed as " endemic " those that cross the frontiers slightly as " quasi - endemic " ; all others are considered as " wide - spread . " The percentages , it will be observed , on account of the omission of ...
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... confined to this Region ; the only other Rodent that occurs in it is the Javan Porcupine , which has just crossed the dividing - line between the Oriental and Australian Regions into the islands of Flores and Sumbawa . The Bats of the ...
... confined to this Region ; the only other Rodent that occurs in it is the Javan Porcupine , which has just crossed the dividing - line between the Oriental and Australian Regions into the islands of Flores and Sumbawa . The Bats of the ...
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... confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite to quite overshadow the few representa- tives of the higher orders of mammals found within its limits . The carnivorous ...
... confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite to quite overshadow the few representa- tives of the higher orders of mammals found within its limits . The carnivorous ...
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... confined to the western and central parts of the sub - region . The Peramelidæ , or Bandicoots , the second family of Australian marsupials , have also teeth adapted to an insectivorous. FIG . 2. - THE THYLACINE . ( Thylacinus ...
... confined to the western and central parts of the sub - region . The Peramelidæ , or Bandicoots , the second family of Australian marsupials , have also teeth adapted to an insectivorous. FIG . 2. - THE THYLACINE . ( Thylacinus ...
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... confined to the hard stony grounds of the interior of the southern Australian colonies . A most interesting discovery has recently been made in the deserts of Central Australia of a new burrowing mar- supial , of mole - like habits ...
... confined to the hard stony grounds of the interior of the southern Australian colonies . A most interesting discovery has recently been made in the deserts of Central Australia of a new burrowing mar- supial , of mole - like habits ...
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Africa animals Ant-eater Antarctic Antelopes Arctatlantis Arctic Armadilloes Asia Atlantic Australian Region Bats beds belong Borneo boundary Bovida Cape Carnivora Celebes Cetaceans Chimpanzee Chiroptera closely allied coast confined considerable number contains Deer distinct districts Eastern Edentates endemic Ethiopian Region Europe existing extends extinct fauna forests forms genera genus geographical distribution greater number Indian Sub-region 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 Phocida Pinnipeds Pliocene present range recent remarkable represented Rodents Sea-regions SECTION Shrews single species Sirenian South America Southern Squirrels Sub-family Sumatra SUMMARY AND DEDUCTIONS Tapirs three genera total number tropical Ungulata Ungulates Viverride Western whole widely distributed