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. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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Page 352
... Sumatra , and the Indo- Chinese peninsula , the facts just pointed out appear most anomalous and perplexing . First , we have Java and Sumatra forming one continuous line of volcanoes , separated by a very narrow strait , and with all ...
... Sumatra , and the Indo- Chinese peninsula , the facts just pointed out appear most anomalous and perplexing . First , we have Java and Sumatra forming one continuous line of volcanoes , separated by a very narrow strait , and with all ...
Page 354
... Sumatra ; as well as Rhinosciurus , a peculiar form of squirrel , and Hemigalea , one of the Viverridæ , in common with Malacca . Sumatra has only one genus not found in any other Malayan district - Nemorhedus , a form of antelope which ...
... Sumatra ; as well as Rhinosciurus , a peculiar form of squirrel , and Hemigalea , one of the Viverridæ , in common with Malacca . Sumatra has only one genus not found in any other Malayan district - Nemorhedus , a form of antelope which ...
Page 356
... Sumatra , and thus offering another problem in distribution . A squirrel ( Sciurus bangkanus ) is allied to three species found in Malacca , Sumatra , and Borneo respectively , but quite as distinct from them all as they are from each ...
... Sumatra , and thus offering another problem in distribution . A squirrel ( Sciurus bangkanus ) is allied to three species found in Malacca , Sumatra , and Borneo respectively , but quite as distinct from them all as they are from each ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 10 |
Means of Dispersal of Mammalia p 10Climate as a Limit to the Range | 17 |
CHAPTER III | 35 |
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