The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Sahara , prevail . The Fauna of the Oriental Region presents , on the whole , a striking contrast to that of the Australian Region . The characteristic features of the latter are doubtless due to the long isolation to which it has ...
... Sahara , prevail . The Fauna of the Oriental Region presents , on the whole , a striking contrast to that of the Australian Region . The characteristic features of the latter are doubtless due to the long isolation to which it has ...
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... Sahara Desert . It would , perhaps , be more accurate to put in its place the northern edge of the Sahara as the limit , and to include all the desert country both of Africa and Arabia in the Ethiopian Region . The question of Egypt is ...
... Sahara Desert . It would , perhaps , be more accurate to put in its place the northern edge of the Sahara as the limit , and to include all the desert country both of Africa and Arabia in the Ethiopian Region . The question of Egypt is ...
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... Sahara through Egypt , Arabia , Persia , and Turkestan to Mongolia , which also appears to contain a fairly homogeneous fauna . Wallace's Manchurian Sub- region , on the other hand , seems to be well established , and to be the most ...
... Sahara through Egypt , Arabia , Persia , and Turkestan to Mongolia , which also appears to contain a fairly homogeneous fauna . Wallace's Manchurian Sub- region , on the other hand , seems to be well established , and to be the most ...
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... from the Sahara and Upper Nubia down to the Cape . In these days it has in most places been driven by the sportsmen and hunters for ivory far into the interior , but 284 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS DISTRIBUTION OF ELEPHANTS 99.
... from the Sahara and Upper Nubia down to the Cape . In these days it has in most places been driven by the sportsmen and hunters for ivory far into the interior , but 284 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS DISTRIBUTION OF ELEPHANTS 99.
Página 294
... Sahara to Upper Nubia , and thence southward throughout Eastern Africa in suitable localities to the Cape . So far as we know at present it is not found within the great wooded regions of the Congo valley and western coast , but is ...
... Sahara to Upper Nubia , and thence southward throughout Eastern Africa in suitable localities to the Cape . So far as we know at present it is not found within the great wooded regions of the Congo valley and western coast , but is ...
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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