Science in New Guinea, Volume 20University of Papua New Guinea., 1994 - Agriculture |
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In all , New Guinea has suffered the least Quaternary extinction ( around 5 % ) of the total fauna of any land mass outside Eurasia . The time of extinction of the large marsupial herbivores is uncertain . Most dated deposits are more ...
In all , New Guinea has suffered the least Quaternary extinction ( around 5 % ) of the total fauna of any land mass outside Eurasia . The time of extinction of the large marsupial herbivores is uncertain . Most dated deposits are more ...
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fauna ) and bats ( 81 species or 39 % of the fauna ) . There is considerable endemism within each of these groups , yet in most cases , the very species - rich groups seen in New Guinea today could have been derived from relatively few ...
fauna ) and bats ( 81 species or 39 % of the fauna ) . There is considerable endemism within each of these groups , yet in most cases , the very species - rich groups seen in New Guinea today could have been derived from relatively few ...
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Protemnodon hopei may have weighed 40-60 kg . It also had slightly higher - crowned teeth than its lower elevation relatives , suggesting a more abrasive diet . DISCUSSION The extinct Plio - Pleistocene large marsupial fauna of ...
Protemnodon hopei may have weighed 40-60 kg . It also had slightly higher - crowned teeth than its lower elevation relatives , suggesting a more abrasive diet . DISCUSSION The extinct Plio - Pleistocene large marsupial fauna of ...
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