The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... widely spread groups . That this is likely to be the case is shown by the recent discovery , in other parts of the world ( such as the Sewaliks of India , and the Eocenes of England and France ) of the remains of other extinct Ratite ...
... widely spread groups . That this is likely to be the case is shown by the recent discovery , in other parts of the world ( such as the Sewaliks of India , and the Eocenes of England and France ) of the remains of other extinct Ratite ...
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... widely distributed in the woodlands of tropical America , but never met with elsewhere . The Armadilloes ( Dasypodidae ) are mostly inhabitants of more open districts ( see Fig . 10 , p . 59 ) . Besides the three living ( Myrmecophaga ...
... widely distributed in the woodlands of tropical America , but never met with elsewhere . The Armadilloes ( Dasypodidae ) are mostly inhabitants of more open districts ( see Fig . 10 , p . 59 ) . Besides the three living ( Myrmecophaga ...
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... widely spread in the Old World , are entirely absent in America . With the exception of some four or five species of Shrews , which have obviously spread southwards from the Nearctic Region , wherein they are found in considerable ...
... widely spread in the Old World , are entirely absent in America . With the exception of some four or five species of Shrews , which have obviously spread southwards from the Nearctic Region , wherein they are found in considerable ...
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... widely spread species , ranging from Texas throughout the Sub- region , and extending southwards to Paraguay . Central America is also remarkable for possessing two out of the four American species of Tapir exclusively confined to it ...
... widely spread species , ranging from Texas throughout the Sub- region , and extending southwards to Paraguay . Central America is also remarkable for possessing two out of the four American species of Tapir exclusively confined to it ...
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... ; three of the species being distinctly African in affinities , three Indian , and the remainder either peculiar or widely spread and of no special significance . " On the whole , therefore , the line of the tropic of Cancer , 84.
... ; three of the species being distinctly African in affinities , three Indian , and the remainder either peculiar or widely spread and of no special significance . " On the whole , therefore , the line of the tropic of Cancer , 84.
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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