Abstract
AMONG the various methods which may be adopted in the composition of zoological monographs, the two most prevalent are those in which either the natural group or the geographical region is taken as the basis. A particular section of the animal kingdom may be selected, and the structure, history, affinities, varieties, and distribution of its members worked out, or a particular region of the earth's surface may be taken, and the whole of its varied inhabitants described.
The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma.
“Mammalia.” By W. T. Blanford. Part 1. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1888.)
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F., W. The Fauna of British India . Nature 38, 513–514 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038513a0
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