The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17538957513)

Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo05amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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54 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL Lagomyid.-e. Picas, or Tailless Hares. These are little animals looking like small Rabbits, but have fewer teeth. They are found in high mountain regions in the Old World and likewise in western North America. They have
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p.2 3 4 m'.l 2 3 FIG. 26. SKULL OF PAL/EOLAQUS An ancestor of the hares. OHgocene of Colorado. Natural size been found fossil in Europe, but in America occur only in the latest geological epoch; in the Old World they seem to have taken the place of the true Hares, which were limited to the New World until the end of the Tertiary period. V. MARSUPIALIA. All the living marsupials are inhabitants of Australia and the adjacent islands, except the Opossums and a rare genus of Rat-