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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 173
... Java eastward to the extremity of Timor . The tail varies greatly in length , and in the Gibraltar monkey ( M. innus ) is quite absent . A remarkable species clothed with very thick fur , has lately been discovered in the snowy ...
... Java eastward to the extremity of Timor . The tail varies greatly in length , and in the Gibraltar monkey ( M. innus ) is quite absent . A remarkable species clothed with very thick fur , has lately been discovered in the snowy ...
Page 176
... 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 Leone ...
... 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 Leone ...
Page 186
... 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 ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS ...
... 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 ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS ...
Page 187
... Java 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 ...
... Java 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 ...
Page 195
... Java and the Cape of Good Hope . The following are the genera with their distribution as given by Dr. J. E. Gray in ... Java ; Genetta ( 5 species ) , South Europe , Palestine , Arabia , and all Africa ; Fossa ( 1 species ) , Ma ...
... Java and the Cape of Good Hope . The following are the genera with their distribution as given by Dr. J. E. Gray in ... Java ; Genetta ( 5 species ) , South Europe , Palestine , Arabia , and all Africa ; Fossa ( 1 species ) , Ma ...
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