The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Monotremes . Of the seven families into which this order is usually divided by naturalists , six are entirely confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite to quite ...
... Monotremes . Of the seven families into which this order is usually divided by naturalists , six are entirely confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite to quite ...
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... Monotremes and Marsupials of the Australian Sub - region , we must now con- sider the Eutherian series , which , as has been already shown , plays a very subordinate part in this extraordinary fauna . Putting aside the marine mammals ...
... Monotremes and Marsupials of the Australian Sub - region , we must now con- sider the Eutherian series , which , as has been already shown , plays a very subordinate part in this extraordinary fauna . Putting aside the marine mammals ...
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... Monotremes , Marsupials , and Rodents ) , twenty are fairly represented throughout the whole area , thirteen are confined to the east ( several of these ranging north into New Guinea ) , seven are re- stricted to the western and central ...
... Monotremes , Marsupials , and Rodents ) , twenty are fairly represented throughout the whole area , thirteen are confined to the east ( several of these ranging north into New Guinea ) , seven are re- stricted to the western and central ...
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... Monotremes or to the Mar- supials , and , with two exceptions , can be accommodated in still existing families . These exceptions are Noto- therium and Diprotodon , the latter of which was a very large animal , equalling a Rhinoceros in ...
... Monotremes or to the Mar- supials , and , with two exceptions , can be accommodated in still existing families . These exceptions are Noto- therium and Diprotodon , the latter of which was a very large animal , equalling a Rhinoceros in ...
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... Monotremes , Marsupials , and Rodents , together with a certain number of the cosmopolitan order of Bats ( 8 , 10 , 11 ) . Of the Monotremes , two species have been met with in New Guinea , both of them belonging to the family of ...
... Monotremes , Marsupials , and Rodents , together with a certain number of the cosmopolitan order of Bats ( 8 , 10 , 11 ) . Of the Monotremes , two species have been met with in New Guinea , both of them belonging to the family of ...
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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