The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... fauna . They are at once the most numerous in species , and in the former condition of Australia , before the influx of Europeans took place , were probably likewise the most prevalent form of mammalian life as regards individuals . In ...
... fauna . They are at once the most numerous in species , and in the former condition of Australia , before the influx of Europeans took place , were probably likewise the most prevalent form of mammalian life as regards individuals . In ...
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... fauna . Putting aside the marine mammals - the Seals , Cetaceans , and Sirenians - and confining our attention to the terrestrial groups , we find only three of the usually recognised orders , namely , the Rodents , Bats , and ...
... fauna . Putting aside the marine mammals - the Seals , Cetaceans , and Sirenians - and confining our attention to the terrestrial groups , we find only three of the usually recognised orders , namely , the Rodents , Bats , and ...
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... FAUNA The full list of the Mammalian Fauna of the Austral Sub - region contains the names of about 169 species , refer- able to fifty - nine genera . Of these genera twenty - nine , just half , are not found outside the Austral Sub ...
... FAUNA The full list of the Mammalian Fauna of the Austral Sub - region contains the names of about 169 species , refer- able to fifty - nine genera . Of these genera twenty - nine , just half , are not found outside the Austral Sub ...
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... fauna are peculiar to Tasmania . SECTION VI . - PAST HISTORY OF THE MAMMAL- FAUNA 34 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... fauna are peculiar to Tasmania . SECTION VI . - PAST HISTORY OF THE MAMMAL- FAUNA 34 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... FAUNA OF THE AUSTRAL SUB - REGION The past history of the Australian mammals is still very obscure ; the only remains of extinct species yet discovered have been found in certain bone - caves and in surface - deposits generally ...
... FAUNA OF THE AUSTRAL SUB - REGION The past history of the Australian mammals is still very obscure ; the only remains of extinct species yet discovered have been found in certain bone - caves and in surface - deposits generally ...
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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