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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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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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... entire family . Of the Cerambycidæ there are 233 genera , exceeding by one- half , the number in any other region ; and 225 of these are peculiar . Only 2 are common to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions exclusively , and 3 to the ...
... entire family . Of the Cerambycidæ there are 233 genera , exceeding by one- half , the number in any other region ; and 225 of these are peculiar . Only 2 are common to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions exclusively , and 3 to the ...
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... region in their fullest development . We begin therefore with our second division . II . Tropical South - America ... whole of which there is ( almost certainly CHAP . XIV . ] 21 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... region in their fullest development . We begin therefore with our second division . II . Tropical South - America ... whole of which there is ( almost certainly CHAP . XIV . ] 21 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... region as a whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an indication of the more important groups which , on the one hand , are confined to it , and on the other are absent ...
... region as a whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an indication of the more important groups which , on the one hand , are confined to it , and on the other are absent ...
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... region of Tropical South America as here defined , is really formed of three originally distinct lands , fused ... whole it seems better to treat the entire area as one sub - region , although recognizing the fact of its zoological and ...
... region of Tropical South America as here defined , is really formed of three originally distinct lands , fused ... whole it seems better to treat the entire area as one sub - region , although recognizing the fact of its zoological and ...
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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