The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... peculiar forms inhabiting it , which do not seem to connect it with either region . On the whole , however , the evidence of the mammals , at any rate , serves to connect it more closely with the Oriental Region , as will be seen by the ...
... peculiar forms inhabiting it , which do not seem to connect it with either region . On the whole , however , the evidence of the mammals , at any rate , serves to connect it more closely with the Oriental Region , as will be seen by the ...
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... peculiar forms are met with only on this side of the continent . Tasmania , which is , in fact , but a recently separated piece of this portion of Australia , has also a moister and less extreme climate , and contains representatives of ...
... peculiar forms are met with only on this side of the continent . Tasmania , which is , in fact , but a recently separated piece of this portion of Australia , has also a moister and less extreme climate , and contains representatives of ...
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... peculiar forms of Dasyures occur , which are not met with in the Australian continent . These are the Thylacine , a dog - like animal with a long tapering tail , noticeable as being the largest of living car- nivorous Marsupials ( Fig ...
... peculiar forms of Dasyures occur , which are not met with in the Australian continent . These are the Thylacine , a dog - like animal with a long tapering tail , noticeable as being the largest of living car- nivorous Marsupials ( Fig ...
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... peculiar forms . They are all purely terrestrial animals , some inhabiting the densest scrubs , and others the hot stony ridges of the upland plains . The only remaining member of the family Peromelidæ is the anomalous Pigfoot ...
... peculiar forms . They are all purely terrestrial animals , some inhabiting the densest scrubs , and others the hot stony ridges of the upland plains . The only remaining member of the family Peromelidæ is the anomalous Pigfoot ...
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... peculiar Bat ( Rhinonycteris ) . Thirteen genera are confined to the Australian Region , that is , are found in the Papuan Sub- region as well as in the Austral Sub - region ; of these , again , the majority are Marsupials , besides ...
... peculiar Bat ( Rhinonycteris ) . Thirteen genera are confined to the Australian Region , that is , are found in the Papuan Sub- region as well as in the Austral Sub - region ; of these , again , the majority are Marsupials , besides ...
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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