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 116
... extinct genus Leptodon of smaller size . Remains of a very large wild boar ( Sus ) were found . Very interesting is the occurrence of a species of giraffe ( Camelopardalis ) as tall as the African species but more slender ; and also an ...
... extinct genus Leptodon of smaller size . Remains of a very large wild boar ( Sus ) were found . Very interesting is the occurrence of a species of giraffe ( Camelopardalis ) as tall as the African species but more slender ; and also an ...
Page 118
... extinct forms - Thalassictis = Ictitherium , as large as a panther , and Soricictis , a smaller form , occurring both in France and Hungary . Of Hyænidæ , there was the living genus Hyæna , and the extinct Hyænictis , which has occurred ...
... extinct forms - Thalassictis = Ictitherium , as large as a panther , and Soricictis , a smaller form , occurring both in France and Hungary . Of Hyænidæ , there was the living genus Hyæna , and the extinct Hyænictis , which has occurred ...
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... extinct , and a considerable number , about one - fourth , belonged to extinct genera , or genera not now inhabiting South America . Stone implements and human remains were found in several of the caves with extinct animals . The ...
... extinct , and a considerable number , about one - fourth , belonged to extinct genera , or genera not now inhabiting South America . Stone implements and human remains were found in several of the caves with extinct animals . The ...
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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