Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1974 - Natural history |
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... fauna is unmistakably ' African ' in character . It is an important part of this region since it was in this area that Europeans first encountered many of the mammals which characterize the Ethiopian fauna ( Table 1 ) . By the time that ...
... fauna is unmistakably ' African ' in character . It is an important part of this region since it was in this area that Europeans first encountered many of the mammals which characterize the Ethiopian fauna ( Table 1 ) . By the time that ...
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... fauna is most likely to have originated largely in the arid south - west , an area which includes the Kalahari and Namib Deserts . This is Africa's most extensive arid region south of the Sahara . The previous existence of an arid ...
... fauna is most likely to have originated largely in the arid south - west , an area which includes the Kalahari and Namib Deserts . This is Africa's most extensive arid region south of the Sahara . The previous existence of an arid ...
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... fauna of South Africa , with the latter being taken to have spanned the whole of the Holocene . The most recent of the Pleistocene ages , the Florisian , is that in which the fauna was little different to that of the Holocene . Most of ...
... fauna of South Africa , with the latter being taken to have spanned the whole of the Holocene . The most recent of the Pleistocene ages , the Florisian , is that in which the fauna was little different to that of the Holocene . Most of ...
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SOUTHWESTERN CAPE PROVINCE | 2 |
Modern mammals of the southwestern Cape Province | 8 |
Fossil mammal occurrences in the southwestern Cape Province | 22 |
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abronia accessory cusp Aonyx apparently assemblage Baard's Quarry Bed 3a belong Bone Circle braincase buccal canine Canis mesomelas Cape lion capensis caracal carnassials carnivores chama cheekteeth comparative series conspecific Cornelian crocuta dentition deposits diam DIEGO differences Dimensions Dinofelis distal end Elandsfontein Ewer extant fauna Felis Florisian fossil Genetta Hendey Herpestes Holocene holotype Hyaena Hyaena brunnea Hyaenictis hyaenid individual Kurtén Langebaanweg Langebaanweg species larger late Pliocene lineage M₁ machairodont Machairodus Makapanian mammals mandible mandibular fragment material maxillary fragment Maximum antero-posterior diameter Maximum transverse diameter Megantereon Melkbos Mellivora metaconid modern species modern specimens mungo occurrences P₁ P₂ Panthera leo parastyle pardus Percrocuta Pleistocene Pliocene postcranial posterior preforfex premolars present protocone proximal end Quaternary region relatively represented respect Sea Harvest serval similar skeleton skull smaller South African southern Africa Subfamily Suricata Swartklip Table talonid teeth terblanchei tooth vertebrate Viverra viverrid Vulpes