The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... considered to be only a geographical race or sub - species of the typical form ) , is met with . After the Monotremes , the most important group of mammals , and that which constitutes by far the most prevalent feature of Australian ...
... considered to be only a geographical race or sub - species of the typical form ) , is met with . After the Monotremes , the most important group of mammals , and that which constitutes by far the most prevalent feature of Australian ...
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... considered as par excellence the most important group of the Australian mammal - fauna . They are at once the most numerous in species , and in the former condition of Australia , before the influx of Europeans took place , were ...
... considered as par excellence the most important group of the Australian mammal - fauna . They are at once the most numerous in species , and in the former condition of Australia , before the influx of Europeans took place , were ...
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... considered as quite external to the fauna of Australia proper , since the solitary member of this group found within its limits is the semi- domesticated Dingo , which , as already suggested , has not improbably been introduced by the ...
... considered as quite external to the fauna of Australia proper , since the solitary member of this group found within its limits is the semi- domesticated Dingo , which , as already suggested , has not improbably been introduced by the ...
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... considered to belong to a separate and distinct order of reptiles . The nearest allies of this form are found among three extinct families which make up the order Rhynchocephalia . Re- mains of these families occur in beds of Permian ...
... considered to belong to a separate and distinct order of reptiles . The nearest allies of this form are found among three extinct families which make up the order Rhynchocephalia . Re- mains of these families occur in beds of Permian ...
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... considered to be the most generalised of all the mammalian orders , and to be the least changed descendants of the ancestral group from which most of the other orders of mammals have originated . If this be the case , it seems strange ...
... considered to be the most generalised of all the mammalian orders , and to be the least changed descendants of the ancestral group from which most of the other orders of mammals have originated . If this be the case , it seems strange ...
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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