The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 1. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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Page 135
... developed , but with some differences of denti- tion . Next come Protohippus and Hipparion , in which the lateral toes are developed but are small and functionless . Then we have the allied genera , Anchippus , Merychippus , and Hyohip ...
... developed , but with some differences of denti- tion . Next come Protohippus and Hipparion , in which the lateral toes are developed but are small and functionless . Then we have the allied genera , Anchippus , Merychippus , and Hyohip ...
Page 279
... developed in the Oriental region , are represented by a peculiar genus , Langaha . The tropical Pythonidæ are repre- sented by another peculiar genus , Sanzinia . The Lycodontida and Viperidæ , so well developed in Africa , are entirely ...
... developed in the Oriental region , are represented by a peculiar genus , Langaha . The tropical Pythonidæ are repre- sented by another peculiar genus , Sanzinia . The Lycodontida and Viperidæ , so well developed in Africa , are entirely ...
Page 363
... developed in each , sufficiently separate them , as we have already shown . The Malayan sub - region is that in which characteristic Oriental types are now best developed , and where the fundamental con- trast of the Oriental , as ...
... developed in each , sufficiently separate them , as we have already shown . The Malayan sub - region is that in which characteristic Oriental types are now best developed , and where the fundamental con- trast of the Oriental , as ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 10 |
Means of Dispersal of Mammalia p 10Climate as a Limit to the Range | 17 |
CHAPTER III | 35 |
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