The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... greater number of the South American mammals , especially of the smaller forms . There is , however , no doubt that the Antilles or West Indies ( excluding Trinidad and the other islands off the coast of Venezuela , which are connected ...
... greater number of the South American mammals , especially of the smaller forms . There is , however , no doubt that the Antilles or West Indies ( excluding Trinidad and the other islands off the coast of Venezuela , which are connected ...
Página 66
... higher ranges of the Andes from Ecuador south- wards , together with the pampas of Southern Argentina and Patagonia , form another well - marked Sub - region char- acterised by a number of peculiar genera and species . But the whole ...
... higher ranges of the Andes from Ecuador south- wards , together with the pampas of Southern Argentina and Patagonia , form another well - marked Sub - region char- acterised by a number of peculiar genera and species . But the whole ...
Página 68
... greater number being from Cuba and Jamaica . On examining the list , it will be found that of these twenty genera three only seem to be con- fined to the West Indian Region , while thirteen are spread over the greater part of the ...
... greater number being from Cuba and Jamaica . On examining the list , it will be found that of these twenty genera three only seem to be con- fined to the West Indian Region , while thirteen are spread over the greater part of the ...
Página 69
... number as yet recorded as met with within the limits of this Sub - region ... Greater Antilles ) Central American . North American ( all annual migrants ... Greater Antilles ( ie . Cuba , Hayti , Porto Rico , and Jamaica ) , and that the ...
... number as yet recorded as met with within the limits of this Sub - region ... Greater Antilles ) Central American . North American ( all annual migrants ... Greater Antilles ( ie . Cuba , Hayti , Porto Rico , and Jamaica ) , and that the ...
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... Greater Antilles , Jamaica and Cuba have by far the richest endemic faunas , whereas in Hayti and Porto Rico the total number , as well as the number of endemic species , is considerably smaller . Jamaica , therefore , with its small ...
... Greater Antilles , Jamaica and Cuba have by far the richest endemic faunas , whereas in Hayti and Porto Rico the total number , as well as the number of endemic species , is considerably smaller . Jamaica , therefore , with its small ...
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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