The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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Página 87
... Madagascar , but probably , if such were ever the case , it was at a remote time , geologically speaking . The Comoros are a group of several islands lying about midway between the most northerly point of Madagascar and the mainland of ...
... Madagascar , but probably , if such were ever the case , it was at a remote time , geologically speaking . The Comoros are a group of several islands lying about midway between the most northerly point of Madagascar and the mainland of ...
Página 88
... Madagascar . The most remarkable feature , however , of the Fauna of these islands is the former existence of a group of flightless Ground - birds now quite extinct , but some of which were found in great numbers when the islands were ...
... Madagascar . The most remarkable feature , however , of the Fauna of these islands is the former existence of a group of flightless Ground - birds now quite extinct , but some of which were found in great numbers when the islands were ...
Página 94
... Madagascar . The Aard - wolf ( Proteles ) , which is so distinct from its fellow Carnivores as to be allowed to constitute a family of itself ( Fig . 17 , p . 95 ) , is restricted to the Ethiopian Region , and of the Hyenas ( Hyænida ) ...
... Madagascar . The Aard - wolf ( Proteles ) , which is so distinct from its fellow Carnivores as to be allowed to constitute a family of itself ( Fig . 17 , p . 95 ) , is restricted to the Ethiopian Region , and of the Hyenas ( Hyænida ) ...
Página 96
... Madagascar , and even in the Comoros ( which are separated from the mainland by only a com- paratively narrow strait ) , is entirely absent from the African mainland itself . Among the Lemurs we have two families , one con- taining only ...
... Madagascar , and even in the Comoros ( which are separated from the mainland by only a com- paratively narrow strait ) , is entirely absent from the African mainland itself . Among the Lemurs we have two families , one con- taining only ...
Página 99
... Madagascar , together with the island - groups in its immediate vicinity , viz . , the Comoros , the Seychelles , and Amirantes to the north , and the Mascarene islands ( Réunion , Mauritius , and Rodriguez ) to the east . Whatever ...
... Madagascar , together with the island - groups in its immediate vicinity , viz . , the Comoros , the Seychelles , and Amirantes to the north , and the Mascarene islands ( Réunion , Mauritius , and Rodriguez ) to the east . Whatever ...
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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