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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... confined to South America . On the other hand many genera range into Mexico and Guatemala from the north , which never reach South America ; so that it is convenient to separate this district as a sub - region , which forms , to some ...
... confined to South America . On the other hand many genera range into Mexico and Guatemala from the north , which never reach South America ; so that it is convenient to separate this district as a sub - region , which forms , to some ...
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... confined to America are , for the most part , more closely related to each other than to the Old World groups . The ten families forming the group of " Formicaroid Passeres , " in our arrangement ( vol . i . , p . 94 ) , are ...
... confined to America are , for the most part , more closely related to each other than to the Old World groups . The ten families forming the group of " Formicaroid Passeres , " in our arrangement ( vol . i . , p . 94 ) , are ...
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... confined to this region . The larger and more important of the peculiar genera are the following : Percilia , inhabiting Chilian and Percichthys South Temperate rivers , belong to the Perch family ( Percidæ ) ; Acharnes , found only in ...
... confined to this region . The larger and more important of the peculiar genera are the following : Percilia , inhabiting Chilian and Percichthys South Temperate rivers , belong to the Perch family ( Percidæ ) ; Acharnes , found only in ...
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... confine our attention to a few of the more important and best known families as representatives of the entire order ... confined to the southern extremity of the continent . Carabidae . Besides a considerable number of cosmopolitan or ...
... confine our attention to a few of the more important and best known families as representatives of the entire order ... confined to the southern extremity of the continent . Carabidae . Besides a considerable number of cosmopolitan or ...
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... confined to Tropical South America and Australia , and Platycerus which is Palearctic and Nearctic , with one species in Brazil . The most remarkable genus is undoubtedly Chiasogna- thus , confined to Chili . These are large insects of ...
... confined to Tropical South America and Australia , and Platycerus which is Palearctic and Nearctic , with one species in Brazil . The most remarkable genus is undoubtedly Chiasogna- thus , confined to Chili . These are large insects of ...
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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