The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 1. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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... considerable extent of sea , although many can swim well for short distances . The jaguar traverses the widest streams in South America , and the bear and bison cross the Mississippi ; and there can be no doubt that they could swim over ...
... considerable extent of sea , although many can swim well for short distances . The jaguar traverses the widest streams in South America , and the bear and bison cross the Mississippi ; and there can be no doubt that they could swim over ...
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... considerable in- terest we shall give a summary of the results fairly deducible from what is now known of the entomology of Japan ; and it must be remembered that almost all our collections come from the southern districts , in what is ...
... considerable in- terest we shall give a summary of the results fairly deducible from what is now known of the entomology of Japan ; and it must be remembered that almost all our collections come from the southern districts , in what is ...
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... considerable preponderance of tropical Oriental forms . A considerable collection of Hymenoptera formed by Mr. Lewis have been described by Mr. Frederick Smith ; and exhibit the interesting result , that while the bees and wasps are ...
... considerable preponderance of tropical Oriental forms . A considerable collection of Hymenoptera formed by Mr. Lewis have been described by Mr. Frederick Smith ; and exhibit the interesting result , that while the bees and wasps are ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 10 |
Means of Dispersal of Mammalia p 10Climate as a Limit to the Range | 17 |
CHAPTER III | 35 |
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absence abundant Abyssinia affinities Africa and Madagascar allied Amphibia animals antelopes arctic Asia Austral Australia Australian region Austro-Malaya beetles belong birds Borneo Burmah Carnivora Celebes Central Ceylon characteristic China climate Coleoptera confined Cosmopolite Cosmopolite Cosmopolite deposits distribution east Eastern Hemisphere Eocene epoch Ethiop Ethiopian Ethiopian region Europe excl existing extend extinct fauna forests Formosa genera genus geographical globe groups Guinea Himalayas hyænas India Indo-Malay inhabit Insectivora insects Japan Java land land-birds large number less lizards Madagascar Malacca Malay Malaya Malayan mammalia migration Miocene Miocene period Moluccas mountains Nearctic Neotropical North northern occur ocean Oriental genus Oriental region Palearctic Palearctic region peculiar forms peculiar genera peculiar genus peculiar species perhaps Pliocene possesses Post-Pliocene probably range recent regions but Australian remarkable represented reptiles rhinoceros snakes South America southern sub-region Sumatra tapir Tasmania temperate Tertiary Thibet Timor Tropical Africa tropical regions types whole region wholly Zealand zoological regions