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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Page 176
... Ceylon ; Perodicticus ( 1 sp . ) -the potto - a small lemur with almost rudimentary fore- finger , found at Sierra Leone ( Plate V. , vol . i . , p . 264 ) ; Arctocebus ( 1 sp . ) - the angwantibo , -another extraordinary form in which ...
... Ceylon ; Perodicticus ( 1 sp . ) -the potto - a small lemur with almost rudimentary fore- finger , found at Sierra Leone ( Plate V. , vol . i . , p . 264 ) ; Arctocebus ( 1 sp . ) - the angwantibo , -another extraordinary form in which ...
Page 179
... a large tract of land in what is now the Indian Ocean , connecting Madagascar on the one hand with Ceylon , and with the Malay countries on the In ac- other . About this same time ( but. CHAP . XVII . ] 179 MAMMALIA .
... a large tract of land in what is now the Indian Ocean , connecting Madagascar on the one hand with Ceylon , and with the Malay countries on the In ac- other . About this same time ( but. CHAP . XVII . ] 179 MAMMALIA .
Page 195
... Ceylon ( ? ) ; Ariella ( 1 species ) , South Africa ; Ichneumia ( 4 species ) , Central , East , and South Africa ; Bdeogale ( 3 species ) , West and East Africa ; Urva ( 1 species ) , Himalayas to Aracan ; Taniogale ( 1 species ) ...
... Ceylon ( ? ) ; Ariella ( 1 species ) , South Africa ; Ichneumia ( 4 species ) , Central , East , and South Africa ; Bdeogale ( 3 species ) , West and East Africa ; Urva ( 1 species ) , Himalayas to Aracan ; Taniogale ( 1 species ) ...
Page 197
... Ceylon ; Dieba ( 1 species ) , North and West Africa ; Simenia ( 1 species ) , Abyssinia ; Chrysocyon ( 2 species ) , North and South America ; Canis ( 4 species ) , India , Australia ( indigenous ? ) Lycalopex ( 2 species ) , South ...
... Ceylon ; Dieba ( 1 species ) , North and West Africa ; Simenia ( 1 species ) , Abyssinia ; Chrysocyon ( 2 species ) , North and South America ; Canis ( 4 species ) , India , Australia ( indigenous ? ) Lycalopex ( 2 species ) , South ...
Page 198
... Ceylon , and to Java and Borneo . Two species of Martes ( = Mustela of Baird ) occur in the United States . The weasels , forming the genus Mustela ( 20 species ) , have a still wider range , extending into tropical Africa and the ...
... Ceylon , and to Java and Borneo . Two species of Martes ( = Mustela of Baird ) occur in the United States . The weasels , forming the genus Mustela ( 20 species ) , have a still wider range , extending into tropical Africa and the ...
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