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, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... Borneo . 39 276 , line 10 , for 16 Genera read 11 Genera . 27 97 8 lines from foot , for Drepanornis read Neodrepanis . 39 291 , 5 lines from foot , for Sayornis read Empidius . THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS . PART III . (
... Borneo . 39 276 , line 10 , for 16 Genera read 11 Genera . 27 97 8 lines from foot , for Drepanornis read Neodrepanis . 39 291 , 5 lines from foot , for Sayornis read Empidius . THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS . PART III . (
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... Borneo , from which latter island almost all the specimens in European museums have been derived . There are supposed to be two species of Simia in Borneo , a larger and a smaller ; but their distinctness is not ad- mitted by all ...
... Borneo , from which latter island almost all the specimens in European museums have been derived . There are supposed to be two species of Simia in Borneo , a larger and a smaller ; but their distinctness is not ad- mitted by all ...
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... Borneo and Java , but not apparently into Siam or Cambodja . Along the eastern extension of the Himalayas they again occur in East Thibet ; a remarkable species with a large upturned nose ( S. roxellana ) having been discovered by Père ...
... Borneo and Java , but not apparently into Siam or Cambodja . Along the eastern extension of the Himalayas they again occur in East Thibet ; a remarkable species with a large upturned nose ( S. roxellana ) having been discovered by Père ...
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... Borneo and Java ; Loris ( 1 sp . ) - a very small , tail - less , nocturnal lemur , which inhabits Madras , Malabar , and Ceylon ; Perodicticus ( 1 sp . ) -the potto - a small lemur with almost rudimentary fore- finger , found at Sierra ...
... Borneo and Java ; Loris ( 1 sp . ) - a very small , tail - less , nocturnal lemur , which inhabits Madras , Malabar , and Ceylon ; Perodicticus ( 1 sp . ) -the potto - a small lemur with almost rudimentary fore- finger , found at Sierra ...
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... Borneo , and is also found in some parts of Celebes , which would bring it into the Australian region ; but this island is altogether so anomalous that we can only consider its productions to have somewhat more affinity with the ...
... Borneo , and is also found in some parts of Celebes , which would bring it into the Australian region ; but this island is altogether so anomalous that we can only consider its productions to have somewhat more affinity with the ...
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