The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... containing about seven species , most of which are also found further south . One of these -the common opossum ( Didelphys marsupialis ) -extends northwards into the Nearctic Region as well as far south- wards into Brazil , where ...
... containing about seven species , most of which are also found further south . One of these -the common opossum ( Didelphys marsupialis ) -extends northwards into the Nearctic Region as well as far south- wards into Brazil , where ...
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... containing forms characteristic of both Sub - regions . western boundary is formed by the well - watered and forest - clad western slopes of the Andes , the waterless eastern slopes , together with the western slopes of Peru and Bolivia ...
... containing forms characteristic of both Sub - regions . western boundary is formed by the well - watered and forest - clad western slopes of the Andes , the waterless eastern slopes , together with the western slopes of Peru and Bolivia ...
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... containing well - preserved remains of mammals yet investigated is in the neighbourhood of Santa Cruz , in Southern Patagonia , where the deposits are about 200 feet in thickness . The exact age of the Santa Cruz beds it is very ...
... containing well - preserved remains of mammals yet investigated is in the neighbourhood of Santa Cruz , in Southern Patagonia , where the deposits are about 200 feet in thickness . The exact age of the Santa Cruz beds it is very ...
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... contain a Mammal - fauna only to be distinguished from the previous " Santa Cruz " series . by a further differentiation of genera belonging to the same orders without any traces of foreign admixture . When , however , we reach the more ...
... contain a Mammal - fauna only to be distinguished from the previous " Santa Cruz " series . by a further differentiation of genera belonging to the same orders without any traces of foreign admixture . When , however , we reach the more ...
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... contain a composite Mammal - fauna of northern forms mixed with forms usually considered to be exclusively South American— such as the gigantic armadillo - like Glyptodon , the Capy- bara ( Hydrochorus ) , Toxodon , and others . Finally ...
... contain a composite Mammal - fauna of northern forms mixed with forms usually considered to be exclusively South American— such as the gigantic armadillo - like Glyptodon , the Capy- bara ( Hydrochorus ) , Toxodon , and others . Finally ...
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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