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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... Land Birds of the Antilles ( p . 68 ) -Reptiles ( p . 72 ) -Insects ( p . 73 ) -Land Shells ( p . 75 ) —Past History of the Antilles ( p . 78 ) —Summary of the Past History of the Neotropical Region ( p . 80 ) —Table I. Families of ...
... Land Birds of the Antilles ( p . 68 ) -Reptiles ( p . 72 ) -Insects ( p . 73 ) -Land Shells ( p . 75 ) —Past History of the Antilles ( p . 78 ) —Summary of the Past History of the Neotropical Region ( p . 80 ) —Table I. Families of ...
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... Land Birds of the Antilles ( p . 68 ) -Reptiles ( p . 72 ) -Insects ( p . 73 ) -Land Shells ( p . 75 ) —Past History of the Antilles ( p . 78 ) —Summary of the Past History of the Neotropical Region ( p . 80 ) —Table I. Families of ...
... Land Birds of the Antilles ( p . 68 ) -Reptiles ( p . 72 ) -Insects ( p . 73 ) -Land Shells ( p . 75 ) —Past History of the Antilles ( p . 78 ) —Summary of the Past History of the Neotropical Region ( p . 80 ) —Table I. Families of ...
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... Land Birds ( p . 118 ) -Summary of Nearctic Vertebrata ( p . 120 ) -Insects ( p . 122 ) -Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca ( p . 124 ) -The Califor- nian Sub - region ( p . 127 ) -The Rocky Mountain Sub - region ( p . 129 ) -The ...
... Land Birds ( p . 118 ) -Summary of Nearctic Vertebrata ( p . 120 ) -Insects ( p . 122 ) -Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca ( p . 124 ) -The Califor- nian Sub - region ( p . 127 ) -The Rocky Mountain Sub - region ( p . 129 ) -The ...
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... land . Again , the South Temperate portion of the continent , together with the high plateaus of the Andes to near the equator , form a well - marked subdivision , characterised by a peculiar fauna , very distinct both positively and ...
... land . Again , the South Temperate portion of the continent , together with the high plateaus of the Andes to near the equator , form a well - marked subdivision , characterised by a peculiar fauna , very distinct both positively and ...
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... land surface of the globe , and the persistence through countless ages of all the conditions requisite for the development and increase of varied forms of animal life . Passing on to the parrot tribe , we find the peculiar family of the ...
... land surface of the globe , and the persistence through countless ages of all the conditions requisite for the development and increase of varied forms of animal life . Passing on to the parrot tribe , we find the peculiar family of 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