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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... probably have divergent modifications of an ancient type once widely distributed , not a direct communication between the southern continents . The Tinamidæ or tinamous , point to a still more remote antiquity , since their nearest ...
... probably have divergent modifications of an ancient type once widely distributed , not a direct communication between the southern continents . The Tinamidæ or tinamous , point to a still more remote antiquity , since their nearest ...
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... probably the richest on the globe in Terrestrial Mollusca , but this is owing , not to any extreme productiveness of the equatorial parts of the continent , where almost all other forms of life are so largely developed , but to the ...
... probably the richest on the globe in Terrestrial Mollusca , but this is owing , not to any extreme productiveness of the equatorial parts of the continent , where almost all other forms of life are so largely developed , but to the ...
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... probably conceals them from their enemies , the harpy - eagles . On the right are a pair of opossums ( Didelphys azara ) , one of them swinging by its prehensile tail . Overhead in the foreground are a group of howling monkeys ( Mycetes ...
... probably conceals them from their enemies , the harpy - eagles . On the right are a pair of opossums ( Didelphys azara ) , one of them swinging by its prehensile tail . Overhead in the foreground are a group of howling monkeys ( Mycetes ...
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... probably in some of the others , closely allied to a species from the west coast of America . It has been already stated that some of the islands possess peculiar species of birds distinct from the allied forms in other islands , but ...
... probably in some of the others , closely allied to a species from the west coast of America . It has been already stated that some of the islands possess peculiar species of birds distinct from the allied forms in other islands , but ...
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... probably for thousands of generations , and became gradually modified through natural selection under completely new conditions of existence . Less rare and violent storms would suffice to carry some of these to other islands , and thus ...
... probably for thousands of generations , and became gradually modified through natural selection under completely new conditions of existence . Less rare and violent storms would suffice to carry some of these to other islands , and thus ...
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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