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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... consists of all India and China from the limits of the Palearctic region ; all the Malay peninsula and islands as far east as Java and Baly , Borneo and the Philippine Islands ; and Formosa . It is positively characterized by possessing ...
... consists of all India and China from the limits of the Palearctic region ; all the Malay peninsula and islands as far east as Java and Baly , Borneo and the Philippine Islands ; and Formosa . It is positively characterized by possessing ...
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... consist of all the tropical Pacific Islands , and is characterized by several peculiar genera of birds which are all allied to Australian types . The fourth , consists of New Zealand with Auckland , Chatham , and Norfolk Islands , and ...
... consist of all the tropical Pacific Islands , and is characterized by several peculiar genera of birds which are all allied to Australian types . The fourth , consists of New Zealand with Auckland , Chatham , and Norfolk Islands , and ...
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... consists of a single family : - 53. Rhyncocephalidæ The Hatteria of New Zealand . ... ... The fourth order , Crocodilia or Loricata , consists of three families : 54. Gavialidæ 55. Crocodilidæ ... ... 56. Alligatoridæ ...
... consists of a single family : - 53. Rhyncocephalidæ The Hatteria of New Zealand . ... ... The fourth order , Crocodilia or Loricata , consists of three families : 54. Gavialidæ 55. Crocodilidæ ... ... 56. Alligatoridæ ...
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