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THE veteran naturalist, Dr. Burmeister, has devoted the third volume of his great work on the Argentine Republic to an account of the Mammals, recent and fossil, of his adopted country. As regards the latter series it is well known how long and how laboriously the author has worked on the extinct Mammalian Fauna of Buenos Ayres, and what excellent results have followed on his investigations. The summaries of his various memoirs on this subject contained in the present volume will therefore be much appreciated by those who may not have leisure or opportunity to refer to the originals, and will be especially useful in bringing the chief results already arrived at in a convenient shape before future explorers. Although so much has already been done in this direction, there are few countries in the world that still offer such a promising field for the palæontologist as the pampas of the Argentine Republic, where in certain spots bones of Megatherium, Glyptodon, Macranchenia, and other extinct monsters seem almost to strew the upturned soil!
Description Physique de la République Argentine d'après des observations personnelles et étrangères.
Par Le Dr. H. Burmeister. Traduite de l'Allemand avec le concours de E. Daireaux. Tome III. Animaux Vertébrés: première partie, Mammifères, vivants et éteints. Royal 8vo. (Buenos Ayres: P. E. Coni, 1879.)
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Description Physique de la République Argentine d'après des observations personnelles et étrangères . Nature 24, 209 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024209a0
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