The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... Family MACROPODIDÆ Apparently about 12 species of marsupials have been introduced into New Zealand at various times , but only three species have established themselves and become feral . These are a wallaby and two species of ...
... Family MACROPODIDÆ Apparently about 12 species of marsupials have been introduced into New Zealand at various times , but only three species have established themselves and become feral . These are a wallaby and two species of ...
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... Family DASYURIDÆ Australian Native Cat ( Dasyurus viverrimus ) In 1868 the Canterbury Society received two of these animals from a Captain Thomson . Presumably they were not liberated , as there is no further record of them . The ...
... Family DASYURIDÆ Australian Native Cat ( Dasyurus viverrimus ) In 1868 the Canterbury Society received two of these animals from a Captain Thomson . Presumably they were not liberated , as there is no further record of them . The ...
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... Family CAMELIDÆ Alpaca ( Lama huanacos ) Two of these animals were imported by the Otago Society in 1878 , and were liberated on the property of Mr John Reid of Elderslie , Oamaru . They never increased . Family EQUIDÆ * Horse ( Equus ...
... Family CAMELIDÆ Alpaca ( Lama huanacos ) Two of these animals were imported by the Otago Society in 1878 , and were liberated on the property of Mr John Reid of Elderslie , Oamaru . They never increased . Family EQUIDÆ * Horse ( Equus ...
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... Family CERVIDÆ The desire to stock the mountain country of New Zealand with large game , so that the Briton's delight in going out and killing something might be satisfied , has led to the introduction of no fewer than ten kinds of deer ...
... Family CERVIDÆ The desire to stock the mountain country of New Zealand with large game , so that the Briton's delight in going out and killing something might be satisfied , has led to the introduction of no fewer than ten kinds of deer ...
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... family life and prevent inbreeding . Left alone , deer adopt the family life , and where a hind has once bred she will stay , unless forced away by one means or another . The pioneers of the herd in search of new ground , where there is ...
... family life and prevent inbreeding . Left alone , deer adopt the family life , and where a hind has once bred she will stay , unless forced away by one means or another . The pioneers of the herd in search of new ground , where there is ...
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abundant Acclimatisation Society Agricultural Department animals appear Ashburton attacked Auckland district Auckland Society introduced Australia Bay of Islands beetle birds breeding brown trout bush Canterbury Society received Chatham Islands Christchurch common cultivated deer destroyed distributed dogs Dunedin early eggs Family fish flowers fruit further record garden escape hatched Hatchery Hawke's Bay Hokitika Hooker's list imported increase insect Invercargill Lake land large number larvæ Linn Manual Maori Maskell moth native naturalised Nelson Society North Island occurring opossums Otago Society pest pheasants Philpott pigs plants ponds probably Queen Charlotte Sound rabbits rats recorded by Kirk recorded in Hooker's reported River salmon says season seeds seen sheep shipment shipped Society liberated South Southland Southland Society sparrows spawning species specimens spread starlings Stewart Island stoats streams taken Taranaki Tasmania trees W. W. Smith Waikato Waitaki Wanganui waste places weasels weed Wellington Society Whangarei wild young Zealand