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 171
... Sumatra- where a specimen of the orang - utan ( Simia satyrus ) now in the Calcutta Museum , was obtained by Dr. Abel , and described by him in the Asiatic Researches , vol . xv . - and in Borneo , from which latter island almost all ...
... Sumatra- where a specimen of the orang - utan ( Simia satyrus ) now in the Calcutta Museum , was obtained by Dr. Abel , and described by him in the Asiatic Researches , vol . xv . - and in Borneo , from which latter island almost all ...
Page 177
... Sumatra , Banca , and 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 ...
... Sumatra , Banca , and 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 ...
Page 186
... Sumatra , and Borneo , but not in 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 ...
... Sumatra , and Borneo , but not in 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 ...
Page 188
... Sumatra , and the Malay peninsula . Extinct Species . - The common hedgehog has been found fossil in several Post - tertiary deposits , while extinct species occur in the lower Miocene of Auvergne and in some other parts of Europe ...
... Sumatra , and the Malay peninsula . Extinct Species . - The common hedgehog has been found fossil in several Post - tertiary deposits , while extinct species occur in the lower Miocene of Auvergne and in some other parts of Europe ...
Page 195
... Sumatra and Java ; Nandinia ( 1 species ) , West Africa ; Para- doxurus ( 9 species ) , the whole Oriental region ; Paguma ( 3 species ) , Nepal to China , Sumatra , and Borneo ; Arctogale ( 1 species ) , Te- nasserim to Java . Sub ...
... Sumatra and Java ; Nandinia ( 1 species ) , West Africa ; Para- doxurus ( 9 species ) , the whole Oriental region ; Paguma ( 3 species ) , Nepal to China , Sumatra , and Borneo ; Arctogale ( 1 species ) , Te- nasserim to Java . Sub ...
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