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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 41
... region . These are Leiodera , Diplolamus and Proctrotretus , ranging from ... sub - region . Species of the South American genera Phryniscus , Hylaplesia ... regions . The Bombinatoridæ are indeed Palæarctic , but a larger proportion ...
... region . These are Leiodera , Diplolamus and Proctrotretus , ranging from ... sub - region . Species of the South American genera Phryniscus , Hylaplesia ... regions . The Bombinatoridæ are indeed Palæarctic , but a larger proportion ...
Page 115
... region somewhat less rich and varied in its forms of life than the Palæarctic or the Australian regions , with which ... sub - families of Vertebrata are confined to it , or just enter the adjacent Neotropical region . These are , —three ...
... region somewhat less rich and varied in its forms of life than the Palæarctic or the Australian regions , with which ... sub - families of Vertebrata are confined to it , or just enter the adjacent Neotropical region . These are , —three ...
Page 135
... Sub - Arctic or Canadian Sub - region . This sub - region serves to connect together the other three , since they all merge gradually into it ; while to the north it passes into the circumpolar zone which is common to the Palæ- arctic ...
... Sub - Arctic or Canadian Sub - region . This sub - region serves to connect together the other three , since they all merge gradually into it ; while to the north it passes into the circumpolar zone which is common to the Palæ- arctic ...
Page 141
... Sub - regions . Order and Family . 111 I Range beyond the Region ... Palæarctic , Oriental , Australian The Eastern Hemisphere The Eastern Hemisphere Cosmopolite Neotropical ... regions . Range beyond CHAP . XV . ] 141 THE NEARCTIC REGION .
... Sub - regions . Order and Family . 111 I Range beyond the Region ... Palæarctic , Oriental , Australian The Eastern Hemisphere The Eastern Hemisphere Cosmopolite Neotropical ... regions . Range beyond CHAP . XV . ] 141 THE NEARCTIC REGION .
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... sub - tropical lands of the Eastern Hemisphere ; and , as much of this flora ... regions ; and the view derived from our study of their existing and extinct ... Palæarctic forms are still found . This is rendered probable by the fossils ...
... sub - tropical lands of the Eastern Hemisphere ; and , as much of this flora ... regions ; and the view derived from our study of their existing and extinct ... Palæarctic forms are still found . This is rendered probable by the fossils ...
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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