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 171
... Borneo , from which latter island almost all the specimens in European museums have been derived . There are supposed to be two species of Simia in Borneo , a larger and a smaller ; but their distinctness is not ad- mitted by all ...
... Borneo , from which latter island almost all the specimens in European museums have been derived . There are supposed to be two species of Simia in Borneo , a larger and a smaller ; but their distinctness is not ad- mitted by all ...
Page 172
... Borneo and Java , but not apparently into Siam or Cambodja . Along the eastern extension of the Himalayas they again occur in East Thibet ; a remarkable species with a large upturned nose ( S. roxellana ) having been discovered by Père ...
... Borneo and Java , but not apparently into Siam or Cambodja . Along the eastern extension of the Himalayas they again occur in East Thibet ; a remarkable species with a large upturned nose ( S. roxellana ) having been discovered by Père ...
Page 176
... Borneo and Java ; Loris ( 1 sp . ) - a very small , tail - less , nocturnal lemur , which inhabits Madras , Malabar , and Ceylon ; Perodicticus ( 1 sp . ) -the potto - a small lemur with almost rudimentary fore- finger , found at Sierra ...
... Borneo and Java ; Loris ( 1 sp . ) - a very small , tail - less , nocturnal lemur , which inhabits Madras , Malabar , and Ceylon ; Perodicticus ( 1 sp . ) -the potto - a small lemur with almost rudimentary fore- finger , found at Sierra ...
Page 177
... Borneo , and is also found in some parts of Celebes , which would bring it into the Australian region ; but this island is altogether so anomalous that we can only consider its productions to have somewhat more affinity with the ...
... Borneo , and is also found in some parts of Celebes , which would bring it into the Australian region ; but this island is altogether so anomalous that we can only consider its productions to have somewhat more affinity with the ...
Page 179
... Borneo or the Peninsula of Malacca ; -while the third family , Cyno- pithecid¿ , 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- pithecid¿ , 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 ...
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