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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Page 253
... genera , confined to Madagascar , with 3 genera of two other sub - families confined to the con- tinent ; of Insectivora a family , Centetidæ , with 5 genera , peculiar to Madagascar , and the genera Petrodromus and Rhyn- chocyon ...
... genera , confined to Madagascar , with 3 genera of two other sub - families confined to the con- tinent ; of Insectivora a family , Centetidæ , with 5 genera , peculiar to Madagascar , and the genera Petrodromus and Rhyn- chocyon ...
Page 283
... genera as Polyhirma and Anthia , are absent ; but there are four genera in common with South Africa , and two with West Africa ; while three others are as much Oriental as African . One genus , Distrigus , is wholly Oriental ; and ...
... genera as Polyhirma and Anthia , are absent ; but there are four genera in common with South Africa , and two with West Africa ; while three others are as much Oriental as African . One genus , Distrigus , is wholly Oriental ; and ...
Page 500
... genera of , 306 range of Oriental genera of , 375 range of Australian genera of , 478 Patrio elis , N. American Tertiary , 134 Peculiar groups , geographically , how defined , 184 Pelagornis , European Miocene , 162 Pelonar , N ...
... genera of , 306 range of Oriental genera of , 375 range of Australian genera of , 478 Patrio elis , N. American Tertiary , 134 Peculiar groups , geographically , how defined , 184 Pelagornis , European Miocene , 162 Pelonar , N ...
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