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 184
... China . It will be seen there- fore , that these are really South American bats , which have a few allies widely scattered over the various regions of the globe . Their affinities are , according to Mr. Tomes , with the Phyllos- tomidæ ...
... China . It will be seen there- fore , that these are really South American bats , which have a few allies widely scattered over the various regions of the globe . Their affinities are , according to Mr. Tomes , with the Phyllos- tomidæ ...
Page 188
... Chinese sub - regions ; except that they extend from the north of China to Amoy and Formosa and into the temperate highlands of the Western Himalayas . The curious Gymnura ( 1 species ) is found in Borneo , Sumatra , and the Malay ...
... Chinese sub - regions ; except that they extend from the north of China to Amoy and Formosa and into the temperate highlands of the Western Himalayas . The curious Gymnura ( 1 species ) is found in Borneo , Sumatra , and the Malay ...
Page 190
... China ; Condylura ( 1 species ) , the star - nosed mole , inhabits Eastern North America from Nova Scotia to Pennsylvania ; Scapanus ( 2 species ) ranges across from New York to St. Francisco ; Scalops ( 3 species ) , the shrew - moles ...
... China ; Condylura ( 1 species ) , the star - nosed mole , inhabits Eastern North America from Nova Scotia to Pennsylvania ; Scapanus ( 2 species ) ranges across from New York to St. Francisco ; Scalops ( 3 species ) , the shrew - moles ...
Page 195
... China , Sumatra , and Borneo ; Arctogale ( 1 species ) , Te- nasserim to Java . Sub - family HERPESTINE . - Cynogale ( 1 species ) , Borneo ; Gali- dictis ( 2 species ) , Madagascar ; Herpestes ( 22 species ) , South Palæ- arctic ...
... China , Sumatra , and Borneo ; Arctogale ( 1 species ) , Te- nasserim to Java . Sub - family HERPESTINE . - Cynogale ( 1 species ) , Borneo ; Gali- dictis ( 2 species ) , Madagascar ; Herpestes ( 22 species ) , South Palæ- arctic ...
Page 199
... China as far south as Hongkong ( Plate I. , vol . i . , p . 195 ) ; Taxidea ( 2 species ) , Central and Western North America to 58 ° N. Lat .; Mydaus ( 1 species ) , mountains of Java and Sumatra ; Melivora ( 3 species ) , Tropical and ...
... China as far south as Hongkong ( Plate I. , vol . i . , p . 195 ) ; Taxidea ( 2 species ) , Central and Western North America to 58 ° N. Lat .; Mydaus ( 1 species ) , mountains of Java and Sumatra ; Melivora ( 3 species ) , Tropical and ...
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