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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Page 15
... REGION . THIS region , comprehending not only South America but Tropical North America and the Antilles , may be compared as to extent with the Ethiopian region ; but it is distinguished from all the other great zoological divisions of ...
... REGION . THIS region , comprehending not only South America but Tropical North America and the Antilles , may be compared as to extent with the Ethiopian region ; but it is distinguished from all the other great zoological divisions of ...
Page 23
... region as a whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an ... Ethiopian region , 2 genera of Echimyidae , Aulacodes and Petromys , occurring in South and South - east Africa ...
... region as a whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an ... Ethiopian region , 2 genera of Echimyidae , Aulacodes and Petromys , occurring in South and South - east Africa ...
Page 88
... zone Cosmopolite Ethiopian Tropical regions and S. Palearctic Oriental , N.-W. America All warm countries Oriental , Japan Almost cosmopolite All the regions All tropical regions Oriental , Ethiopian All tropical regions Philippine Islands ...
... zone Cosmopolite Ethiopian Tropical regions and S. Palearctic Oriental , N.-W. America All warm countries Oriental , Japan Almost cosmopolite All the regions All tropical regions Oriental , Ethiopian All tropical regions Philippine Islands ...
Page 89
... Oriental All warm regions Ethiopian S. Australia Tasmania and New Zealand Absent from Australia All tropical regions Oriental , Australian , ( ? marine ) Order and Family . Sub - regions . Brazil . CHAP . XIV . ] 89 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... Oriental All warm regions Ethiopian S. Australia Tasmania and New Zealand Absent from Australia All tropical regions Oriental , Australian , ( ? marine ) Order and Family . Sub - regions . Brazil . CHAP . XIV . ] 89 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
Page 140
... REGION . EXPLANATION . Names in italics show the families which are peculiar to the region . Names inclosed thus ... Ethiopian and Australian Palearctic , Ethiopian , Oriental Almost cosmopolite Palearctic , Ethiopian Mexican sub ...
... REGION . EXPLANATION . Names in italics show the families which are peculiar to the region . Names inclosed thus ... Ethiopian and Australian Palearctic , Ethiopian , Oriental Almost cosmopolite Palearctic , Ethiopian Mexican sub ...
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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