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. köideHarper and brothers, 1876 |
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... Mammalia . This was a difficult task , owing to the great uncertainty that prevails as to the affinities of many of the fossils , and my want of practical acquaintance with Palæontology ; but having carefully examined and combined the ...
... Mammalia . This was a difficult task , owing to the great uncertainty that prevails as to the affinities of many of the fossils , and my want of practical acquaintance with Palæontology ; but having carefully examined and combined the ...
Page xviii
... Mammalia ( p . 85 ) -Classification of Birds ( p . 92 ) -Classifica- tion of Reptiles ( p . 98 ) -Classification of Amphibia ( p . 100 ) -Classification of Fishes ( p . 101 ) -Classification of Insects ( p . 102 ) -Classification of ...
... Mammalia ( p . 85 ) -Classification of Birds ( p . 92 ) -Classifica- tion of Reptiles ( p . 98 ) -Classification of Amphibia ( p . 100 ) -Classification of Fishes ( p . 101 ) -Classification of Insects ( p . 102 ) -Classification of ...
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... MAMMALIA OF THE NEW WORLD . North America - Post - pliocene Period ( p . 129 ) -- Remarks on the Post - pliocene ... Mammalia of North America and Europe ( p.140 ) - South Ame- rica ( p . 143 ) -Fauna of the Brazilian Caves ( p . 143 ) ...
... MAMMALIA OF THE NEW WORLD . North America - Post - pliocene Period ( p . 129 ) -- Remarks on the Post - pliocene ... Mammalia of North America and Europe ( p.140 ) - South Ame- rica ( p . 143 ) -Fauna of the Brazilian Caves ( p . 143 ) ...
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... Mammalia and Birds of the Palearctic Region ( p . 239 ) 181-250 · CHAPTER XI . THE ETHIOPIAN REGION . Zoological Characteristics of the Ethiopian Region ( p . 252 ) -Summary of Ethio- pian Vertebrates ( p . 255 ) —The Ethiopian Sub ...
... Mammalia and Birds of the Palearctic Region ( p . 239 ) 181-250 · CHAPTER XI . THE ETHIOPIAN REGION . Zoological Characteristics of the Ethiopian Region ( p . 252 ) -Summary of Ethio- pian Vertebrates ( p . 255 ) —The Ethiopian Sub ...
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... Mammalia and Birds in the Oriental Re- gion ( p . 371 ) 314-386 · CHAPTER XIII . THE AUSTRALIAN REGION . General Zoological Characteristics of the Australian Region ( p . 390 ) —Summary of the Australian Vertebrata ( p . 397 ) -Supposed ...
... Mammalia and Birds in the Oriental Re- gion ( p . 371 ) 314-386 · CHAPTER XIII . THE AUSTRALIAN REGION . General Zoological Characteristics of the Australian Region ( p . 390 ) —Summary of the Australian Vertebrata ( p . 397 ) -Supposed ...
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