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... common inhabitant of the forests of Southern India , ranging on the Coromandel side as far north as the Godavery . In Ceylon this species is replaced by the nearly allied M. pileatus , commonly , but incorrectly , called the " Chinese ...
... common inhabitant of the forests of Southern India , ranging on the Coromandel side as far north as the Godavery . In Ceylon this species is replaced by the nearly allied M. pileatus , commonly , but incorrectly , called the " Chinese ...
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... common in European menageries is the only species of this form , unless the varieties distinguished by Hodgson * be deemed worthy of a higher rank than what is generally accorded to them . The genus Semnopithecus or Presbytes is better ...
... common in European menageries is the only species of this form , unless the varieties distinguished by Hodgson * be deemed worthy of a higher rank than what is generally accorded to them . The genus Semnopithecus or Presbytes is better ...
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... common in various parts of the country - amongst which are the largest and finest forms of the genus , such as the Lion , now nearly extinct except in the * Pteropus medius , Temm . ( generally called erroneously P. edwardsii ) Pt ...
... common in various parts of the country - amongst which are the largest and finest forms of the genus , such as the Lion , now nearly extinct except in the * Pteropus medius , Temm . ( generally called erroneously P. edwardsii ) Pt ...
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... common in the Brahmaputra in the valley of Assam , and to ascend that stream probably up to the foot of the mountains . In the Indus and its tributaries this Dolphin appears to be replaced by an allied , but distinct species , recently ...
... common in the Brahmaputra in the valley of Assam , and to ascend that stream probably up to the foot of the mountains . In the Indus and its tributaries this Dolphin appears to be replaced by an allied , but distinct species , recently ...
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... common term Hete- romera , the most " heterogeneous elements . " In other respects the author has been most fortunate in his elaboration of the analysis of the Coleoptera , and especially in his selection of characteristic genera ...
... common term Hete- romera , the most " heterogeneous elements . " In other respects the author has been most fortunate in his elaboration of the analysis of the Coleoptera , and especially in his selection of characteristic genera ...
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