The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Central America to Uruguay being occupied by vast forests . South of the tropic of Capricorn the woods soon disappear , and the country , over a large part of its surface , becomes a flat treeless expanse covered with more or less ...
... Central America to Uruguay being occupied by vast forests . South of the tropic of Capricorn the woods soon disappear , and the country , over a large part of its surface , becomes a flat treeless expanse covered with more or less ...
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... Central - American Sub - region , containing all that part of the whole region that is north of Panama . 3. The Colombian Sub - region , containing Trinidad and the slopes of the Andes , through Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , and Peru ...
... Central - American Sub - region , containing all that part of the whole region that is north of Panama . 3. The Colombian Sub - region , containing Trinidad and the slopes of the Andes , through Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , and Peru ...
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... Central American ( or Transpanamanic ) Sub - region . But as regards the southern portion , until our knowledge of ... Central - American Sub - region , comprising the low - lying and southern parts of Mexico and Central America as far ...
... Central American ( or Transpanamanic ) Sub - region . But as regards the southern portion , until our knowledge of ... Central - American Sub - region , comprising the low - lying and southern parts of Mexico and Central America as far ...
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... Central and South America . The only other Order of terrestrial Mammals represented in this Sub - region is the Insectivora , and this is the more remarkable because , as already shown , one of the special characters of the Neo ...
... Central and South America . The only other Order of terrestrial Mammals represented in this Sub - region is the Insectivora , and this is the more remarkable because , as already shown , one of the special characters of the Neo ...
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... Central American . North American ( all annual migrants from the north , through Florida , and the larger proportion found in Cuba ) . 160 This summary gives us a clue to the origin of the more recent additions to the West Indies fauna ...
... Central American . North American ( all annual migrants from the north , through Florida , and the larger proportion found in Cuba ) . 160 This summary gives us a clue to the origin of the more recent additions to the West Indies fauna ...
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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