RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Owen, Address at Leeds. CUL-DAR205.3.221. 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.
The brown crayon number '20' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: plants.
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Owen (address at Leeds)
p. 37 says of 26 known sp. of Lemuridæ 6 are Asiatic 3 Africa, the rest all Madagascar
19 & 20
p 38 no true Sus in New World fossil (?)
p 39 Elepha primegens (like existing glacial animal had wider longitudinal range. good - so had Musk ox - (showing land then continues as now.)
p 41 fossil Australian mammals combine characters now found in distinct genera
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Muller Oxford Essays 1857 on antiquity of Man from Language
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