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Title: 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
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: London, Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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)y muchtime; on this sub-region, which is as remarkably homogeneous astlie one we have just left is heterogeneous. Althougli much ofthe northern part of Australia is within the tropics, while Vic-toria and Tasmania are situated from ^0° to \T soutli latitiule,there is no striking change in tlie cliaracter of the faunathioughout the continent; a number of important genera extend-ing over the wlioU; country, iind giving a very uniform characterto its zoology. The eastern parts, including the colonies of NewSouth Wales and (^Kueensland, ar(^ undoubtedly the richest, several I
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niAi. xiii.) rilK AISTIIALIAN UIOGJON. 430 )ii(uli;ir ivpcs l)(in;4 IduihI »i)Iy licr(3. TIk! s()ulli(;rii poilioii issoinewliat poorer, and liiiH very lew peculiar loriiis ; and Tasmanial)eing isolated is poorer still, yet its zoology has much resciui-blanco to that of Victoria, from which country it has evidentlynot been very long separated. The north, as far as yet known, ischaracterised l)y hardly any peculiar forms, but by the occurrenceof a number of Papuan types, which have evidently been derivedfrom New Guinea. Manimalia.—The Australian sub-re*ion contains about IGOspecies of Mammalia, of which 3 are IMonotremata, 102 Marsu-pials, 23 Chiroptera, 1 Carnivora (the native dog, probably notindigenous), and 31 MuridcT. The north is characterised by aspecies of the Austro-jNIalayan genus Cicscus. Fhascolardos (thekoala, or native bear) is found only in the eastern districts;rjiascolomys (the wombat) in the south-east and Tasmania;Pctaurista (a peculiar form of flying opossum) in

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