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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... World . To begin with the Quadrumana , all the larger American monkeys ( Cebidae ) differ from every Old World group in the possession of an additional molar tooth in each jaw ; and it is in this group alone that the tail is developed ...
... World . To begin with the Quadrumana , all the larger American monkeys ( Cebidae ) differ from every Old World group in the possession of an additional molar tooth in each jaw ; and it is in this group alone that the tail is developed ...
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... World monkeys . Other dif- ferences from Old World apes , are the possession of a broad nasal septum , and a less opposable thumb ; and the absence of cheek- pouches , ischial callosities , and a bony ear - tube . The Hapalid¿ , or ...
... World monkeys . Other dif- ferences from Old World apes , are the possession of a broad nasal septum , and a less opposable thumb ; and the absence of cheek- pouches , ischial callosities , and a bony ear - tube . The Hapalid¿ , or ...
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... World groups . The ten families forming the group of " Formicaroid Passeres , " in our arrangement ( vol . i . , p . 94 ) , are characterised by the absence of singing muscles in the larynx , and also by an unusual development of the ...
... World groups . The ten families forming the group of " Formicaroid Passeres , " in our arrangement ( vol . i . , p . 94 ) , are characterised by the absence of singing muscles in the larynx , and also by an unusual development of the ...
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... World families . Professor Huxley considers them to approach nearest to ( though still very remote from ) the Australian megapodes ; and here , as in the case of the marsu- pials , we probably have divergent modifications of an ancient ...
... World families . Professor Huxley considers them to approach nearest to ( though still very remote from ) the Australian megapodes ; and here , as in the case of the marsu- pials , we probably have divergent modifications of an ancient ...
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... World families Varanid¿ , Lacertid¿ , and Agamid¿ , are absent from the entire American continent . In the order Crocodilia , America has the peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatorida ) , as well as several species of true ...
... World families Varanid¿ , Lacertid¿ , and Agamid¿ , are absent from the entire American continent . In the order Crocodilia , America has the peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatorida ) , as well as several species of true ...
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