The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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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 overshadow the few representa- tives of the higher orders of mammals found within its limits . The carnivorous Dasyures ...
... confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite overshadow the few representa- tives of the higher orders of mammals found within its limits . The carnivorous Dasyures ...
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... confined to the western and central parts of the sub - region . The Peramelide , 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 Peramelide , 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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... confined to Tasmania ; they are clumsy - looking animals , resembling in their form and actions small bears . They never climb trees , but live entirely on the ground or in burrows and holes , feeding on grass , roots , and other ...
... confined to Tasmania ; they are clumsy - looking animals , resembling in their form and actions small bears . They never climb trees , but live entirely on the ground or in burrows and holes , feeding on grass , roots , and other ...
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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