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, 2. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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... Antilles ( p . 68 ) -Reptiles ( p . 72 ) -Insects ( p . 73 ) -Land Shells ( p . 75 ) —Past History of the Antilles ( p . 78 ) —Summary of the Past History of the Neotropical Region ( p . 80 ) —Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the ...
... Antilles ( p . 68 ) -Reptiles ( p . 72 ) -Insects ( p . 73 ) -Land Shells ( p . 75 ) —Past History of the Antilles ( p . 78 ) —Summary of the Past History of the Neotropical Region ( p . 80 ) —Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the ...
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... Antilles ( p . 68 ) -Reptiles ( p . 72 ) -Insects ( p . 73 ) -Land Shells ( p . 75 ) —Past History of the Antilles ( p . 78 ) —Summary of the Past History of the Neotropical Region ( p . 80 ) —Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the ...
... Antilles ( p . 68 ) -Reptiles ( p . 72 ) -Insects ( p . 73 ) -Land Shells ( p . 75 ) —Past History of the Antilles ( p . 78 ) —Summary of the Past History of the Neotropical Region ( p . 80 ) —Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the ...
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... Antilles , may be compared as to extent with the Ethiopian region ; but it is distinguished from all the other great zoological divisions of the globe , by the small pro- portion of its surface occupied by deserts , by the large ...
... Antilles , may be compared as to extent with the Ethiopian region ; but it is distinguished from all the other great zoological divisions of the globe , by the small pro- portion of its surface occupied by deserts , by the large ...
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... Antilles possess over 600 species of Operculata , to about 150 on the whole American continent , the genera being as 22 to 14 . Of Inoperculata the Antilles have 740 , the Continent 1,250 , the genera being 18 and 22. The proportions of ...
... Antilles possess over 600 species of Operculata , to about 150 on the whole American continent , the genera being as 22 to 14 . Of Inoperculata the Antilles have 740 , the Continent 1,250 , the genera being 18 and 22. The proportions of ...
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... Antilles ; Bulimus , containing many large and handsome species in South America ; Stenogyra , widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South America . Among the Operculata , the Aciculidae are mostly Antillean , two ...
... Antilles ; Bulimus , containing many large and handsome species in South America ; Stenogyra , widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South America . Among the Operculata , the Aciculidae are mostly Antillean , two ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belong birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Hemisphere Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region PALEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand