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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... whole extent of this sub - region wherever the conditions are favourable . Even the Andes do not seem to form such a barrier as has been supposed . North of the equator , where its western slopes are moist and forest - clad , most of ...
... whole extent of this sub - region wherever the conditions are favourable . Even the Andes do not seem to form such a barrier as has been supposed . North of the equator , where its western slopes are moist and forest - clad , most of ...
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... whole group of American monkeys are radically different from the remainder of the order . The Procyonid¿ are a distinct family of Carnivora , which make up for the scarcity of Mustelid¿ in South America . The Suida are represented by ...
... whole group of American monkeys are radically different from the remainder of the order . The Procyonid¿ are a distinct family of Carnivora , which make up for the scarcity of Mustelid¿ in South America . The Suida are represented by ...
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... whole . These numbers and pro- portions are far higher than in the case of any other region . Insects . The Neotropical region is so excessively rich in insect life , it so abounds in peculiar groups , in forms of exquisite beauty , and ...
... whole . These numbers and pro- portions are far higher than in the case of any other region . Insects . The Neotropical region is so excessively rich in insect life , it so abounds in peculiar groups , in forms of exquisite beauty , and ...
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... whole family . Leptostylus has a single species in New Zealand ; Acanthoderes has one species in Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the ...
... whole family . Leptostylus has a single species in New Zealand ; Acanthoderes has one species in Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the ...
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... whole American continent , the genera being as 22 to 14 . Of Inoperculata the Antilles have 740 , the Continent 1,250 , the genera being 18 and 22. The proportions of the two groups in each country are , therefore : Operculata ...
... whole American continent , the genera being as 22 to 14 . Of Inoperculata the Antilles have 740 , the Continent 1,250 , the genera being 18 and 22. The proportions of the two groups in each country are , therefore : Operculata ...
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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