The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... probably in the early Tertiary or the late Secondary Period - there has been some sort of land- connection between South America and Australia . In such case there would be no necessity to suppose that Australia was ever directly ...
... probably in the early Tertiary or the late Secondary Period - there has been some sort of land- connection between South America and Australia . In such case there would be no necessity to suppose that Australia was ever directly ...
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... probably prehensile tail , is found only in the mountains of New Guinea , and has been placed in a new genus ( Chiuromys ) . Among the Rodents also there is one very obvious intruder from the west ; this is the Javan porcupine ( Hystrix ...
... probably prehensile tail , is found only in the mountains of New Guinea , and has been placed in a new genus ( Chiuromys ) . Among the Rodents also there is one very obvious intruder from the west ; this is the Javan porcupine ( Hystrix ...
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... probably Lord Howe's Island , though in some respects this appears to belong rather to the Australian mainland than to New Zealand . As in the Polynesian Sub - region , there are no indi- genous terrestrial mammals found in this Sub ...
... probably Lord Howe's Island , though in some respects this appears to belong rather to the Australian mainland than to New Zealand . As in the Polynesian Sub - region , there are no indi- genous terrestrial mammals found in this Sub ...
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... ( probably contemporaneous ) Gondwana beds of India , as likewise in the lower Eocenes of North America and Northern Europe . All these facts indicate a great amount of individualism in the Maorian Sub - region . But on the whole they ...
... ( probably contemporaneous ) Gondwana beds of India , as likewise in the lower Eocenes of North America and Northern Europe . All these facts indicate a great amount of individualism in the Maorian Sub - region . But on the whole they ...
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... probably to be explained much in the same way as the distribution of other archaic forms , such as the lemurs and tapirs . They are remnants of what were formerly widely spread groups . That this is likely to be the case is shown by the ...
... probably to be explained much in the same way as the distribution of other archaic forms , such as the lemurs and tapirs . They are remnants of what were formerly widely spread groups . That this is likely to be the case is shown by the ...
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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