The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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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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... considered to be exclusively South American— such as the gigantic armadillo - like Glyptodon , the Capy- bara ( Hydrochorus ) , Toxodon , and others . Finally , in the age of the " Pampas " beds , the peculiar South American Mammal ...
... considered to be exclusively South American— such as the gigantic armadillo - like Glyptodon , the Capy- bara ( Hydrochorus ) , Toxodon , and others . Finally , in the age of the " Pampas " beds , the peculiar South American Mammal ...
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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