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
... zone . portant genera which range beyond the region , Dicerca is mainly Nearctic and Pal¿arctic ; Cinyra has a species in North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the Australian genus ...
... zone . portant genera which range beyond the region , Dicerca is mainly Nearctic and Pal¿arctic ; Cinyra has a species in North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the Australian genus ...
Page 18
... region ; and 225 of these are peculiar . Only 2 are common to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions exclusively , and 3 to the Neotropical and Australian . The most extensive genera are the elegant Ibidion ( 80 sp . ) ; the richly ...
... region ; and 225 of these are peculiar . Only 2 are common to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions exclusively , and 3 to the Neotropical and Australian . The most extensive genera are the elegant Ibidion ( 80 sp . ) ; the richly ...
Page 41
... region . These are Leiodera , Diplolamus and Proctrotretus , ranging from ... region . Species of the South American genera Phryniscus , Hylaplesia , Telmatobius ... Pal¿arctic , but a larger proportion are Neotropical , and one genus ...
... region . These are Leiodera , Diplolamus and Proctrotretus , ranging from ... region . Species of the South American genera Phryniscus , Hylaplesia , Telmatobius ... Pal¿arctic , but a larger proportion are Neotropical , and one genus ...
Page 96
... Region . 1 Brazil 2 Mexico and Guatemala ) 14. Regulus 2 Mexico and Guatemala 15. Polioptila 6 Range beyond the Region . United States & Canada Nearctic , Palearctic Mexico and Cuba to Bolivia and Cen , and S. U. States La Plata ...
... Region . 1 Brazil 2 Mexico and Guatemala ) 14. Regulus 2 Mexico and Guatemala 15. Polioptila 6 Range beyond the Region . United States & Canada Nearctic , Palearctic Mexico and Cuba to Bolivia and Cen , and S. U. States La Plata ...
Page 115
... Nearctic region somewhat less rich and varied in its forms of life than the Pal¿arctic or the Australian regions , with which alone it can fairly be compared . The wonder rather is that it should be so little inferior to them in this ...
... Nearctic region somewhat less rich and varied in its forms of life than the Pal¿arctic or the Australian regions , with which alone it can fairly be compared . The wonder rather is that it should be so little inferior to them in this ...
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