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 67
... Madagascar , where a group of animals are found constituting the family Centetidæ , to which Solenodon is said undoubtedly to belong . Above it are a pair of hutias ( Capromys fournieri ) , rat - like animals belonging to the South ...
... Madagascar , where a group of animals are found constituting the family Centetidæ , to which Solenodon is said undoubtedly to belong . Above it are a pair of hutias ( Capromys fournieri ) , rat - like animals belonging to the South ...
Page 85
... Madagascar All regions but Australian All regions but Australian All regions but Australian N. America All regions but Ethiopian and Australian S. temperate zone ( ? ) N. and S. temperate zones Oceanic Tropical shores Indo - Malaya ...
... Madagascar All regions but Australian All regions but Australian All regions but Australian N. America All regions but Ethiopian and Australian S. temperate zone ( ? ) N. and S. temperate zones Oceanic Tropical shores Indo - Malaya ...
Page 88
... Madagascar Nearctic , Palæarctic , Oriental Missouri Ethiopian , S. Palearctic Ethiopian Nearctic Nearctic , Ethiopian , S. Europe , and N. India Nearctic Australian , Ethiopian , Palearctic Almost cosmopolite Almost cosmopolite ...
... Madagascar Nearctic , Palæarctic , Oriental Missouri Ethiopian , S. Palearctic Ethiopian Nearctic Nearctic , Ethiopian , S. Europe , and N. India Nearctic Australian , Ethiopian , Palearctic Almost cosmopolite Almost cosmopolite ...
Page 158
... Madagascar ) , and we thus have explained many of the similarities presented by the faunas of these distant , and generally very different countries . During the Miocene period , when a subtropical climate pre- vailed over much of ...
... Madagascar ) , and we thus have explained many of the similarities presented by the faunas of these distant , and generally very different countries . During the Miocene period , when a subtropical climate pre- vailed over much of ...
Page 176
... Madagascar . Sub - family Lemurinæ , contains five genera , viz . : -Lemur , ( 15 sp . ) ; Hapalemur ( 2 sp . ) ; Microcebus ( 4 sp . ) ; Chirogaleus ( 5 sp . ) ; and Lepilemur ( 2 sp . ) ; - all confined to Madagascar . Sub - family ...
... Madagascar . Sub - family Lemurinæ , contains five genera , viz . : -Lemur , ( 15 sp . ) ; Hapalemur ( 2 sp . ) ; Microcebus ( 4 sp . ) ; Chirogaleus ( 5 sp . ) ; and Lepilemur ( 2 sp . ) ; - all confined to Madagascar . Sub - family ...
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