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. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 215
... Guinea ; but it is absent from the Ethiopian region , or barely enters it on the north - east . Potamochoerus ( 3 species ? ) , is wholly Ethiopian ( Plate V. vol . i . p . 278 ) . Babirusa ( 1 species ) , is confined to two islands ...
... Guinea ; but it is absent from the Ethiopian region , or barely enters it on the north - east . Potamochoerus ( 3 species ? ) , is wholly Ethiopian ( Plate V. vol . i . p . 278 ) . Babirusa ( 1 species ) , is confined to two islands ...
Page 229
... from the Pacific and Austro - Malayan Islands , except Celebes and Papua ; Lasiomys ( 1 sp . ) Guinea ; Acanthomys ( 5-6 sp . ) Africa , India and N. Australia ; Cricetomys ( 1 sp . ) Tropical. CHAP . XVII . ] 229 MAMMALIA .
... from the Pacific and Austro - Malayan Islands , except Celebes and Papua ; Lasiomys ( 1 sp . ) Guinea ; Acanthomys ( 5-6 sp . ) Africa , India and N. Australia ; Cricetomys ( 1 sp . ) Tropical. CHAP . XVII . ] 229 MAMMALIA .
Page 241
... guinea - pigs , Brazil to the Straits of Magellan , and one species west of the Andes at Yça in Peru ; Kerodon ( 6 sp . ) , Brazil and Peru to Magellan ; Dolichotis ( 1 sp , ) , the Patagonian cavy , from Mendoza to 48 ° 30 ' south ...
... guinea - pigs , Brazil to the Straits of Magellan , and one species west of the Andes at Yça in Peru ; Kerodon ( 6 sp . ) , Brazil and Peru to Magellan ; Dolichotis ( 1 sp , ) , the Patagonian cavy , from Mendoza to 48 ° 30 ' south ...
Page 249
... Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands . Several new genera and species have recently been described by Mr. G. Krefft , of the Sydney Museum , and are included in the following enumeration . Phasgogale ( 3 sp . ) , New Guinea , West ...
... Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands . Several new genera and species have recently been described by Mr. G. Krefft , of the Sydney Museum , and are included in the following enumeration . Phasgogale ( 3 sp . ) , New Guinea , West ...
Page 250
... Guinea and the Aru Islands ( Plate XI . , vol . i . p . 440 ) ; Peragalea ( 1 sp . ) , inha- bits West Australia only ; and Choropus ( 1 sp . ) , a beautiful little animal with something of the appearance of a mouse - deer , is found in ...
... Guinea and the Aru Islands ( Plate XI . , vol . i . p . 440 ) ; Peragalea ( 1 sp . ) , inha- bits West Australia only ; and Choropus ( 1 sp . ) , a beautiful little animal with something of the appearance of a mouse - deer , is found in ...
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