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 195
... Himalayas to Aracan ; Taniogale ( 1 species ) , Central India ; Onychogale ( 1 species ) , Ceylon ; Helogale ( 2 species ) East and South Africa ; Cynictis ( 3 species ) , South Africa . Sub - family RHINOGALIDE . — Rhinogale ( 1 ...
... Himalayas to Aracan ; Taniogale ( 1 species ) , Central India ; Onychogale ( 1 species ) , Ceylon ; Helogale ( 2 species ) East and South Africa ; Cynictis ( 3 species ) , South Africa . Sub - family RHINOGALIDE . — Rhinogale ( 1 ...
Page 196
... Himalayas , and through Persia , Asia Minor , and North Africa . Its fossil remains have been found in France . Extinct Species . - The cave hyana ( H. spelaa ) occurs abun- dantly in the caverns of this country and of Central Europe ...
... Himalayas , and through Persia , Asia Minor , and North Africa . Its fossil remains have been found in France . Extinct Species . - The cave hyana ( H. spelaa ) occurs abun- dantly in the caverns of this country and of Central Europe ...
Page 198
... The weasels , forming the genus Mustela ( 20 species ) , have a still wider range , extending into tropical Africa and the Cordilleras of Peru , but not going south of the Himalayas in India . The 198 [ PART IV . GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY .
... The weasels , forming the genus Mustela ( 20 species ) , have a still wider range , extending into tropical Africa and the Cordilleras of Peru , but not going south of the Himalayas in India . The 198 [ PART IV . GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY .
Page 199
... Himalayas in India . The North American species are placed in the genus Putorius by Professor Baird . An allied genus , Gymnopus ( 4 species ) , is confined to the third and fourth Oriental sub - regions . Gulo ( 1 species ) , the ...
... Himalayas in India . The North American species are placed in the genus Putorius by Professor Baird . An allied genus , Gymnopus ( 4 species ) , is confined to the third and fourth Oriental sub - regions . Gulo ( 1 species ) , the ...
Page 201
... Himalayas and East Thibet , a small cat - like bear , has peculiarities of organization which render it necessary to place it in a family by itself . ( I'late VII . vol . i . p . 331 ) . An allied genus , Eluropus , a remarkable animal ...
... Himalayas and East Thibet , a small cat - like bear , has peculiarities of organization which render it necessary to place it in a family by itself . ( I'late VII . vol . i . p . 331 ) . An allied genus , Eluropus , a remarkable animal ...
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