The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... further differ from all other kangaroos in being arboreal in their habits , climbing trees with great facility , and living on bark , fruits , and leaves . Bettongia and its allied genus Potorous embrace the Kangaroo -. FIG . 5. - THE ...
... further differ from all other kangaroos in being arboreal in their habits , climbing trees with great facility , and living on bark , fruits , and leaves . Bettongia and its allied genus Potorous embrace the Kangaroo -. FIG . 5. - THE ...
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... further investigation , these references shall be found to be correct , the inference would seem to be that in very remote times - probably in the early Tertiary or the late Secondary Period - there has been some sort of land ...
... further investigation , these references shall be found to be correct , the inference would seem to be that in very remote times - probably in the early Tertiary or the late Secondary Period - there has been some sort of land ...
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... further proof of the close alliance of the Papuan and Austral mammal - faunas . Nearly all the Marsupials found in the Papuan Sub- region. FIG . 6. THE PAPUAN ECHIDNA . ( Proechidna bruijni . ) FIG . 8. - HOFFMANN'S SLOTH . ( Cholopus ...
... further proof of the close alliance of the Papuan and Austral mammal - faunas . Nearly all the Marsupials found in the Papuan Sub- region. FIG . 6. THE PAPUAN ECHIDNA . ( Proechidna bruijni . ) FIG . 8. - HOFFMANN'S SLOTH . ( Cholopus ...
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... further east . Lastly , two species of Monkeys just enter the margin of the Sub - region , namely , the Common Macaque ( Macacus cynomolgus ) , very widely distributed throughout the Oriental Region , which has crossed Wallace's Line ...
... further east . Lastly , two species of Monkeys just enter the margin of the Sub - region , namely , the Common Macaque ( Macacus cynomolgus ) , very widely distributed throughout the Oriental Region , which has crossed Wallace's Line ...
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... further confirmed by the soundings of the seas round the islands , which show that , although on the west , south , and east deep water extends all round , a long submerged bank , with a depth of less than 1000 fathoms , stretches along ...
... further confirmed by the soundings of the seas round the islands , which show that , although on the west , south , and east deep water extends all round , a long submerged bank , with a depth of less than 1000 fathoms , stretches along ...
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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