The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Bats are the only orders at all adequately represented in the Austra- lian Region . To the former belong six genera of Murida ( Mice ) , all of which , except the THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 19 GENERAL VIEW OF THE MAMMAL - FAUNA THE ...
... Bats are the only orders at all adequately represented in the Austra- lian Region . To the former belong six genera of Murida ( Mice ) , all of which , except the THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 19 GENERAL VIEW OF THE MAMMAL - FAUNA THE ...
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... Bats , are met with within the Region , and of these genera eight are not found elsewhere . This is a high percentage , only excelled in the Neotropical Region , which is extraordinarily rich in Bats , having no less than forty - two ...
... Bats , are met with within the Region , and of these genera eight are not found elsewhere . This is a high percentage , only excelled in the Neotropical Region , which is extraordinarily rich in Bats , having no less than forty - two ...
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... in detail , as there are , practically speaking , no mammalian inhabitants , except Bats , in the other three Sub - regions . SECTION IV . - THE AUSTRAL SUB - REGION The THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 21 SUB-DIVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION.
... in detail , as there are , practically speaking , no mammalian inhabitants , except Bats , in the other three Sub - regions . SECTION IV . - THE AUSTRAL SUB - REGION The THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 21 SUB-DIVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION.
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... bats , being allied to the latter by many characters , and amongst others by the absence of a tail , which distin- guishes it from the rest of its family . In Pseudochirus , Trichosurus , and Dromicia , the more typical forms of the ...
... bats , being allied to the latter by many characters , and amongst others by the absence of a tail , which distin- guishes it from the rest of its family . In Pseudochirus , Trichosurus , and Dromicia , the more typical forms of the ...
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... Bats , and Carnivores , with any representatives in this strange country . And the Carnivores would be perhaps better considered as quite external to the fauna of Australia proper , since the solitary member of this group found within ...
... Bats , and Carnivores , with any representatives in this strange country . And the Carnivores would be perhaps better considered as quite external to the fauna of Australia proper , since the solitary member of this group found within ...
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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