Excerpt: ... the home of the direct ancestor of any of the true Elephants. Similarly, though we have had our Sorex in Europe from the Upper Eocene and Lagomys from the Middle Miocene, the geographical distribution of Sorex vulgaris and Lagomys pusillus does not support the view that they are of European origin and have migrated to Asia. Their absence from most of the European islands indicates either an extremely recent origin or a recent immigration from Asia, and the latter view seems to me much the more probable. No less ...
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Excerpt: ... the home of the direct ancestor of any of the true Elephants. Similarly, though we have had our Sorex in Europe from the Upper Eocene and Lagomys from the Middle Miocene, the geographical distribution of Sorex vulgaris and Lagomys pusillus does not support the view that they are of European origin and have migrated to Asia. Their absence from most of the European islands indicates either an extremely recent origin or a recent immigration from Asia, and the latter view seems to me much the more probable. No less than twenty-six species of the Siberian mammals penetrated as far west as the British Islands, and nine of these still inhabit Great Britain. Some of the remaining seventeen species probably lived only for a very short time in England, and the rest gradually became extinct one by one. This process of extinction of the aliens still continues. The Beaver (Castor fiber) has died out within recent historic times. We possess legends and uncertain historic records pointing to the existence of the Reindeer in Scotland as recently as about seven centuries ago. But much the same state of things has happened on the Continent. The Glutton (Gulo luscus), which still lived in Northern Germany last century, has now entirely vanished from that country, as also the Reindeer. The Lemmings have found an asylum in Scandinavia. The Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus) has disappeared not only from Europe but also from Asia, and is now Pg 204 confined to Arctic America and Greenland. The Horse no longer occurs in Europe in the wild state, and the Saiga Antelope (Saiga tartarica) has retreated to the Steppes of Eastern Europe and Western Siberia. As we proceed more and more eastward across Central Europe, we find that a larger and larger percentage of the Siberian migrants have adopted the new country as their permanent home, though in France and Germany, as well as in Austria, we have evidence that a great number of Siberian species, which formerly lived there, have...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 8vo, burgundy cloth binding, gilt lettering and blind stamp on front cover, gilt lettering on backstrip, backstrip very worn, front hinge loose, binding loose, pink stain at the bottom on binding on the beginning and end pages, pages otherwise clean inside. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN:
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