The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Old World ; and the last is a Carnivore ( Canis ) , of which the Australian representative is the Dingo . Canis is spread over the whole of the rest of the world , both Old and New . Turning now to the distribution of the genera within ...
... Old World ; and the last is a Carnivore ( Canis ) , of which the Australian representative is the Dingo . Canis is spread over the whole of the rest of the world , both Old and New . Turning now to the distribution of the genera within ...
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... Old World at all , none of the peculiar forms of Australian Marsupials having yet been detected in any other part of the globe . Besides the common possession of Marsupials , many other resemblances between the faunas of Australia and ...
... Old World at all , none of the peculiar forms of Australian Marsupials having yet been detected in any other part of the globe . Besides the common possession of Marsupials , many other resemblances between the faunas of Australia and ...
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... Old World ; the other three - the Sloths , the Ant - eaters , and the Armadilloes ( which are more nearly allied to one another than to the two Old World families ) -are , with the exception of one species of Armadillo ( Tatusia ...
... Old World ; the other three - the Sloths , the Ant - eaters , and the Armadilloes ( which are more nearly allied to one another than to the two Old World families ) -are , with the exception of one species of Armadillo ( Tatusia ...
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... Old World . The representatives of this family in the New World are the Lamas , belonging to the genus Lama ( see Fig . 11 ) . They are entirely confined to. FIG . 10. THE THREE - BANDED ARMADILLO . FIG . 12. - THE BARRIGUDO ...
... Old World . The representatives of this family in the New World are the Lamas , belonging to the genus Lama ( see Fig . 11 ) . They are entirely confined to. FIG . 10. THE THREE - BANDED ARMADILLO . FIG . 12. - THE BARRIGUDO ...
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... Old World from France to China . This gives us direct evidence of the former much wider extension of the family of Tapirs , and bridges over the present great gap in its distribution . As already stated , the fauna of the Neotropical ...
... Old World from France to China . This gives us direct evidence of the former much wider extension of the family of Tapirs , and bridges over the present great gap in its distribution . As already stated , the fauna of the Neotropical ...
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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