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 154
... West Africa and Malaya , the lemurs of Mada- gascar , the Edentata of Africa and South America , and the Marsupials of America and Australia , were all represented in CHAPTER XVI SUMMARY OF THE PAST CHANGES AND GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE ...
... West Africa and Malaya , the lemurs of Mada- gascar , the Edentata of Africa and South America , and the Marsupials of America and Australia , were all represented in CHAPTER XVI SUMMARY OF THE PAST CHANGES AND GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE ...
Page 157
... Africa , and perhaps reached far into what is now the Sahara ; while a southward extension of its central mass may ... western limits of the region , two extensive equatorial land - areas , our Indo - Malayan and West African sub ...
... Africa , and perhaps reached far into what is now the Sahara ; while a southward extension of its central mass may ... western limits of the region , two extensive equatorial land - areas , our Indo - Malayan and West African sub ...
Page 170
... Africa , and the whole peninsula of Hindostan . The genus Troglodytes ( or Mimetes , as it is sometimes named ) comprehends the chimpanzee and gorilla . It is confined to the West African sub - region , being found on the coast about 12 ...
... Africa , and the whole peninsula of Hindostan . The genus Troglodytes ( or Mimetes , as it is sometimes named ) comprehends the chimpanzee and gorilla . It is confined to the West African sub - region , being found on the coast about 12 ...
Page 173
... West Africa , differs from the other African monkeys in the structure of the last molar tooth ; in the large ears , short face , and wide internasal septum ; in this respect , as well as in its grace and gentleness , resembling some of ...
... West Africa , differs from the other African monkeys in the structure of the last molar tooth ; in the large ears , short face , and wide internasal septum ; in this respect , as well as in its grace and gentleness , resembling some of ...
Page 179
... West Africa , the other in the Malay archipelago , —in Borneo or the Peninsula of Malacca ; -while the third family , Cyno- pithecidæ , ranges over the whole of both regions , and somewhat overpasses their limits . The Lemuroid group ...
... West Africa , the other in the Malay archipelago , —in Borneo or the Peninsula of Malacca ; -while the third family , Cyno- pithecidæ , ranges over the whole of both regions , and somewhat overpasses their limits . The Lemuroid group ...
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