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 182
... Tasmania . They are most abundant and varied in the Oriental region , where twelve genera are found ; while only five inhabit the Australian and Ethiopian regions respectively . Europe has only one genus and four species , mostly found ...
... Tasmania . They are most abundant and varied in the Oriental region , where twelve genera are found ; while only five inhabit the Australian and Ethiopian regions respectively . Europe has only one genus and four species , mostly found ...
Page 209
... Tasmania ; Orcaella ( 2 species ) , Ganges ; Acantho- delphis ( 1 species ) , Brazil ; Phocoena ( 2 species ) , North Sea ; Neo- meris ( 1 species ) , India ; Grampus ( 3 species ) , North Sea , Medi- terranean , Cape of Good Hope ...
... Tasmania ; Orcaella ( 2 species ) , Ganges ; Acantho- delphis ( 1 species ) , Brazil ; Phocoena ( 2 species ) , North Sea ; Neo- meris ( 1 species ) , India ; Grampus ( 3 species ) , North Sea , Medi- terranean , Cape of Good Hope ...
Page 249
... Tasmania , as well as in New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands . Several new genera and species have recently ... Tasmania ; Chaetocercus ( 1 sp . ) , South Australia ; Dactylopsila ( 1 sp . ) , Aru Islands and North Australia ...
... Tasmania , as well as in New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands . Several new genera and species have recently ... Tasmania ; Chaetocercus ( 1 sp . ) , South Australia ; Dactylopsila ( 1 sp . ) , Aru Islands and North Australia ...
Page 250
... Tasmania , as well as the Papuan Islands . The genus Perameles ( 8 sp . ) , has the range of the family , one species being found in New Guinea and the Aru Islands ( Plate XI . , vol . i . p . 440 ) ; Peragalea ( 1 sp . ) , inha- bits ...
... Tasmania , as well as the Papuan Islands . The genus Perameles ( 8 sp . ) , has the range of the family , one species being found in New Guinea and the Aru Islands ( Plate XI . , vol . i . p . 440 ) ; Peragalea ( 1 sp . ) , inha- bits ...
Page 251
... Tasmania ; Hypsi- prymnus ( 4 sp . ) , West and East Australia , and Tasmania . Extinct Macropodido . - Many species of the genera Macropus and Hypsiprymnus have been found in the cave - deposits and other Post - Tertiary strata of ...
... Tasmania ; Hypsi- prymnus ( 4 sp . ) , West and East Australia , and Tasmania . Extinct Macropodido . - Many species of the genera Macropus and Hypsiprymnus have been found in the cave - deposits and other Post - Tertiary strata of ...
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