The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... land - masses into one Region " or " Realm . ” " C As for the so - called " Arctic realm , " which consists of the land bordering the Polar Ocean and Hudson's Bay and the great peninsula of Greenland , " beyond the limit of arboreal ...
... land - masses into one Region " or " Realm . ” " C As for the so - called " Arctic realm , " which consists of the land bordering the Polar Ocean and Hudson's Bay and the great peninsula of Greenland , " beyond the limit of arboreal ...
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... land of sufficient elevation to condense the vapours from the adjoining ocean , more fertile districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian types , some peculiar forms are met with only on this side of the continent ...
... land of sufficient elevation to condense the vapours from the adjoining ocean , more fertile districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian types , some peculiar forms are met with only on this side of the continent ...
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... abnormal forms of this wonderful land . The Tarsipes is of the size and general form of an ordinary mouse , but with a long slender - pointed muzzle , and with the nails of the toes for the most THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 29.
... abnormal forms of this wonderful land . The Tarsipes is of the size and general form of an ordinary mouse , but with a long slender - pointed muzzle , and with the nails of the toes for the most THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 29.
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... land- connection between South America and Australia . In such case there would be no necessity to suppose that Australia was ever directly connected with the rest of the Old World at all , none of the peculiar forms of Australian ...
... land- connection between South America and Australia . In such case there would be no necessity to suppose that Australia was ever directly connected with the rest of the Old World at all , none of the peculiar forms of Australian ...
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... land with Australia recently , even in a geological sense of that term ; possibly it has never been so connected at ... land - birds , most of which are related more or less remotely with Australian forms . Altogether there are in New ...
... land with Australia recently , even in a geological sense of that term ; possibly it has never been so connected at ... land - birds , most of which are related more or less remotely with Australian forms . Altogether there are in New ...
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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