RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Waterhouse says in Muridæ (greatest terrestrial). CUL-DAR205.3.117. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.3 contains notes on distribution of animals.
The brown crayon number '19' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: animals.
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Waterhouse says in M Muridæ (greatest range of any family of Mamm. except flying division & swimming terrestrial)
Many species have very wide ranges. - (New Zealand Rats belong to the transportable division)
(Smallest size)
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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