The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... central parts of the sub - region . The Peramelide , or Bandicoots , the second family of Australian marsupials , have also teeth adapted to an insectivorous. FIG . 2. - THE THYLACINE . ( Thylacinus cynocephalus . ) FIG . 3. - THE ...
... central parts of the sub - region . The Peramelide , or Bandicoots , the second family of Australian marsupials , have also teeth adapted to an insectivorous. FIG . 2. - THE THYLACINE . ( Thylacinus cynocephalus . ) FIG . 3. - THE ...
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... Central Australia of a new burrowing mar- supial , of mole - like habits , for which it is necessary to con- stitute a new family . This little animal has been described by Dr. E. C. Stirling ( 9 ) under the name of Notoryctes typhlops ...
... Central Australia of a new burrowing mar- supial , of mole - like habits , for which it is necessary to con- stitute a new family . This little animal has been described by Dr. E. C. Stirling ( 9 ) under the name of Notoryctes typhlops ...
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... central toes of the fore feet elongated to accommodate their digging habits . Having completed our survey of the Monotremes and Marsupials of the Australian Sub - region , we must now con- sider the Eutherian series , which , as has ...
... central toes of the fore feet elongated to accommodate their digging habits . Having completed our survey of the Monotremes and Marsupials of the Australian Sub - region , we must now con- sider the Eutherian series , which , as has ...
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... central parts of the continent ( these latter are chiefly desert forms such as Perogale , Choropus , and Notoryctes ) , and the three remaining genera are found only in Tasmania . These are Thylacinus , Dasyurus , and Mastacomys . If ...
... central parts of the continent ( these latter are chiefly desert forms such as Perogale , Choropus , and Notoryctes ) , and the three remaining genera are found only in Tasmania . These are Thylacinus , Dasyurus , and Mastacomys . If ...
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... Central America , and a considerable portion of Southern Mexico . As regards its northern termination , on account of the great admixture of Nearctic and Neotropical forms which takes place where the two Regions join , it is impos ...
... Central America , and a considerable portion of Southern Mexico . As regards its northern termination , on account of the great admixture of Nearctic and Neotropical forms which takes place where the two Regions join , it is impos ...
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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