The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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Página 89
... the Aard - vark ( Orycteropus ) , is quite restricted to the Region ( see Fig . 13 ) . The other , containing the scaly ant - eaters (. FIG . 13. - THE CAPE AARD - VARK . FIG . 14. THE WHITE - BELLIED PANGOLIN . FIG. THE ETHIOPIAN REGION ...
... the Aard - vark ( Orycteropus ) , is quite restricted to the Region ( see Fig . 13 ) . The other , containing the scaly ant - eaters (. FIG . 13. - THE CAPE AARD - VARK . FIG . 14. THE WHITE - BELLIED PANGOLIN . FIG. THE ETHIOPIAN REGION ...
Página 91
... Cape Colony south of the Orange River , and there can be little doubt that , unless special precautions are taken , the large Mammals of Africa will very soon disappear , like those of the United States , before the express and repeater ...
... Cape Colony south of the Orange River , and there can be little doubt that , unless special precautions are taken , the large Mammals of Africa will very soon disappear , like those of the United States , before the express and repeater ...
Página 99
... Cape Sub - region , as defined by Wallace , includes only the country south of a line drawn from Walfisch Bay , just to the north of the tropic of Capricorn , to Mozambique . Since the publication of Mr. Wallace's book , however , much ...
... Cape Sub - region , as defined by Wallace , includes only the country south of a line drawn from Walfisch Bay , just to the north of the tropic of Capricorn , to Mozambique . Since the publication of Mr. Wallace's book , however , much ...
Página 100
... Cape Sub - region , including all Africa south of the watershed of the Congo on the West and of the Tana on the East coast . 4. The Saharan Sub - region , consisting ( if we exclude the Abyssinian plateau ) chiefly of desert , or at any ...
... Cape Sub - region , including all Africa south of the watershed of the Congo on the West and of the Tana on the East coast . 4. The Saharan Sub - region , consisting ( if we exclude the Abyssinian plateau ) chiefly of desert , or at any ...
Página 113
... Cape Colony itself a temperate and fairly dry climate is found . Again , in Namaqua - land , to the north - west of Cape Colony , we meet with an open , dry , hot , desert country , the conditions of which closely approximate to those ...
... Cape Colony itself a temperate and fairly dry climate is found . Again , in Namaqua - land , to the north - west of Cape Colony , we meet with an open , dry , hot , desert country , the conditions of which closely approximate to those ...
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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