The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... 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 Echidnas above referred to . Of ...
... 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 Echidnas above referred to . Of ...
Página 40
... Rodents and Bats , the Carnivora are represented in the Papuan Region by three species . These are a Cat ( Felis megalotis ) , of which very little is known , but which is stated on competent authority to be quite a distinct species ...
... Rodents and Bats , the Carnivora are represented in the Papuan Region by three species . These are a Cat ( Felis megalotis ) , of which very little is known , but which is stated on competent authority to be quite a distinct species ...
Página 41
... Rodents also there is one very obvious intruder from the west ; this is the Javan porcupine ( Hystrix javanica ) , which in this Sub - region is found only in Timor , but is very widely distributed throughout the Oriental Malayan ...
... Rodents also there is one very obvious intruder from the west ; this is the Javan porcupine ( Hystrix javanica ) , which in this Sub - region is found only in Timor , but is very widely distributed throughout the Oriental Malayan ...
Página 61
... Rodents , we find that out of the four chief divisions into which this order is separated - the Squirrels ( Sciuromorpha ) , the Mice ( Myomorpha ) , the Porcupines ( Hystricomorpha ) , and the Hares ( Duplici- dentata ) the first two ...
... Rodents , we find that out of the four chief divisions into which this order is separated - the Squirrels ( Sciuromorpha ) , the Mice ( Myomorpha ) , the Porcupines ( Hystricomorpha ) , and the Hares ( Duplici- dentata ) the first two ...
Página 67
... Rodents , four genera of this order are represented within its limits , and three of these are restricted to the Sub - region . Mega- lomys ( a large rat , over twelve inches in length without the tail ) is allied to the Vesper - mice ...
... Rodents , four genera of this order are represented within its limits , and three of these are restricted to the Sub - region . Mega- lomys ( a large rat , over twelve inches in length without the tail ) is allied to the Vesper - mice ...
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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