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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... 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 the globe , by the small pro- portion of its surface ...
... 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 the globe , by the small pro- portion of its surface ...
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... Tropical America abound in fish of many strange forms and peculiar types . Three fami- lies , and three sub - family groups are peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with ...
... Tropical America abound in fish of many strange forms and peculiar types . Three fami- lies , and three sub - family groups are peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with ...
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... America ; Galerita , Callida , and Tetragonoderus , are large genera which are chiefly South American but with a few species scat- tered over the other tropical regions . Casnonia and Lebia are cosmopolite , but most abundant in South ...
... America ; Galerita , Callida , and Tetragonoderus , are large genera which are chiefly South American but with a few species scat- tered over the other tropical regions . Casnonia and Lebia are cosmopolite , but most abundant in South ...
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... tropical American ; and Euphoria , confined to America both North and South . Of im- Buprestidæ . - In this fine group the Neotropical region is tolerably rich , having examples of 39 genera , 18 of which are peculiar to it . Of these ...
... tropical American ; and Euphoria , confined to America both North and South . Of im- Buprestidæ . - In this fine group the Neotropical region is tolerably rich , having examples of 39 genera , 18 of which are peculiar to it . Of these ...
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... America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental and Palæarctic , but has one species on the Amazon ; Apomecyna ranges through the tropics ... tropical , except two species in the Philippine Islands . General Conclusions as to the ...
... America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental and Palæarctic , but has one species on the Amazon ; Apomecyna ranges through the tropics ... tropical , except two species in the Philippine Islands . General Conclusions as to the ...
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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