The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... entirely aquatic in its habits , and is met with only in the streams and waterholes of New South Wales and Tasmania , where it burrows in the banks , and swims and dives with great facility . The Echidna , or " Spiny Ant - eater , " is ...
... entirely aquatic in its habits , and is met with only in the streams and waterholes of New South Wales and Tasmania , where it burrows in the banks , and swims and dives with great facility . The Echidna , or " Spiny Ant - eater , " is ...
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... entirely confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite to quite overshadow the few representa- tives of the higher orders of mammals found within its limits . The ...
... entirely confined to the Australian Region . Moreover , the Marsupials are so abundant in Australia proper , as to quite to quite overshadow the few representa- tives of the higher orders of mammals found within its limits . The ...
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... entirely on the ground or in burrows and holes , feeding on grass , roots , and other vegetable substances . In general structure the Wombats are closely allied to the next family , the Phalangers , although their exclusively ...
... entirely on the ground or in burrows and holes , feeding on grass , roots , and other vegetable substances . In general structure the Wombats are closely allied to the next family , the Phalangers , although their exclusively ...
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... entirely destitute of mammal - life . All the other large islands of the world possess a Mammal- fauna of greater or less extent related to the continent to which they are nearest , and have consequently been termed by Mr. Wallace ...
... entirely destitute of mammal - life . All the other large islands of the world possess a Mammal- fauna of greater or less extent related to the continent to which they are nearest , and have consequently been termed by Mr. Wallace ...
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... entirely of volcanic origin . They are therefore typical " Oceanic " islands . With the exception of two Vesper- mice , slightly differing from those of the mainland , and a peculiar Bat ( Atalapha brachyotis ) , there are no indigenous ...
... entirely of volcanic origin . They are therefore typical " Oceanic " islands . With the exception of two Vesper- mice , slightly differing from those of the mainland , and a peculiar Bat ( Atalapha brachyotis ) , there are no indigenous ...
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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