. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. 202 TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE of the existing species. But if extinct forms of even toed ungulates are numerous, those of the odd-toed ones show that the existing species (horses, asses, zebras, tapirs, and rhinoceroses) are but a poor surviving remnant of a vast quantity of very different species of the group which lived upon the earth's surface during tertiary times. The existing geographical distribution of the tapirs would by itself indicate that they must once have been much more widely distributed than they now are. Fig. THE COMM
. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. 202 TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE of the existing species. But if extinct forms of even toed ungulates are numerous, those of the odd-toed ones show that the existing species (horses, asses, zebras, tapirs, and rhinoceroses) are but a poor surviving remnant of a vast quantity of very different species of the group which lived upon the earth's surface during tertiary times. The existing geographical distribution of the tapirs would by itself indicate that they must once have been much more widely distributed than they now are. Fig. THE COMMON AFRICAN RHINOCEROS. In the present day they are found only in South and Central America on the one hand, and Sumatra and Borneo on the other, and all analogy would indicate that thoy must once have existed in regions intermediate between the New World and the Indian Archipelago. This their fossil remains abundantly prove to have been the case. In Miocene or Pliocene times they existed not only in both China, South Carolina, and California, but also in France, Germany, and even in England. In the same way rhinoceroses which are now found nowhere but in South and Central Africa, India, and the Indian. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. Boston, Little, Brown and Company
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