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 17
... North and South . Of im- Buprestid¿ . - In this fine group the Neotropical region is tolerably rich , having ... North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the Australian genus Stigmodera has a ...
... North and South . Of im- Buprestid¿ . - In this fine group the Neotropical region is tolerably rich , having ... North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the Australian genus Stigmodera has a ...
Page 43
... north temperate zone : - Tetraphlybia , Neosatyrus , and 3 allied genera of 1 species each , were formerly included under Erebia , a northern and arctic form , yet having a few species in South Africa ; Argyrophorus , allied to ¯neis ...
... north temperate zone : - Tetraphlybia , Neosatyrus , and 3 allied genera of 1 species each , were formerly included under Erebia , a northern and arctic form , yet having a few species in South Africa ; Argyrophorus , allied to ¯neis ...
Page 57
... North and South American Continents . - The sudden appearance of numerous South American forms of Edentata in temperate North America , in Post - Tertiary times , as narrated in Chapter VII . , together with such facts as the occurrence ...
... North and South American Continents . - The sudden appearance of numerous South American forms of Edentata in temperate North America , in Post - Tertiary times , as narrated in Chapter VII . , together with such facts as the occurrence ...
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... North and South America that now prevails ; for when a luxuriant vegetation covered what are now the shores of the Arctic Ocean , the country south of the great lakes must have been almost or quite tropical . At an early Tertiary period ...
... North and South America that now prevails ; for when a luxuriant vegetation covered what are now the shores of the Arctic Ocean , the country south of the great lakes must have been almost or quite tropical . At an early Tertiary period ...
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... North temperate genus SITTIDE . ( Sitta 2 Mexico ) North temperate genus PARIDE . ( Parus Mexico ) ( Lophophanes ... 2 Mexico ) ( Psaltriparus 1 Mexico and Guatemala ) Nearc . , Pal¿arc . , Orient . North temperate genus Nearctic ...
... North temperate genus SITTIDE . ( Sitta 2 Mexico ) North temperate genus PARIDE . ( Parus Mexico ) ( Lophophanes ... 2 Mexico ) ( Psaltriparus 1 Mexico and Guatemala ) Nearc . , Pal¿arc . , Orient . North temperate genus Nearctic ...
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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