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 179
... Borneo or the Peninsula of Malacca ; -while the third family , Cyno- pithecidæ , ranges over the whole of both regions , and somewhat overpasses their limits . The Lemuroid group , on the other hand , offers us one of the most singular ...
... Borneo or the Peninsula of Malacca ; -while the third family , Cyno- pithecidæ , ranges over the whole of both regions , and somewhat overpasses their limits . The Lemuroid group , on the other hand , offers us one of the most singular ...
Page 186
... Borneo , but not in Java ; the other in the Philippine islands ( Plate VIII . vol . i . p . 337 ) . FAMILY 15. - MACROSCELIDIDÆ . ( 3 Genera , 10 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN PALEARCTIC ...
... Borneo , but not in Java ; the other in the Philippine islands ( Plate VIII . vol . i . p . 337 ) . FAMILY 15. - MACROSCELIDIDÆ . ( 3 Genera , 10 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN PALEARCTIC ...
Page 187
... Borneo ; while the elegant little Ptilocerus ( 1 species ) with its long pencilled tail , is confined to Borneo ; ( Plate VIII . vol . i . p . 337 ) . The family is therefore especially Malayan , with outlying species in northern and ...
... Borneo ; while the elegant little Ptilocerus ( 1 species ) with its long pencilled tail , is confined to Borneo ; ( Plate VIII . vol . i . p . 337 ) . The family is therefore especially Malayan , with outlying species in northern and ...
Page 188
... Borneo , Sumatra , and the Malay peninsula . Extinct Species . - The common hedgehog has been found fossil in several Post - tertiary deposits , while extinct species occur in the lower Miocene of Auvergne and in some other parts of ...
... Borneo , Sumatra , and the Malay peninsula . Extinct Species . - The common hedgehog has been found fossil in several Post - tertiary deposits , while extinct species occur in the lower Miocene of Auvergne and in some other parts of ...
Page 195
... Borneo ; Arctictis ( 1 species ) Nepal to Sumatra and Java ; Nandinia ( 1 species ) , West Africa ; Para- doxurus ( 9 species ) , the whole Oriental region ; Paguma ( 3 species ) , Nepal to China , Sumatra , and Borneo ; Arctogale ( 1 ...
... Borneo ; Arctictis ( 1 species ) Nepal to Sumatra and Java ; Nandinia ( 1 species ) , West Africa ; Para- doxurus ( 9 species ) , the whole Oriental region ; Paguma ( 3 species ) , Nepal to China , Sumatra , and Borneo ; Arctogale ( 1 ...
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