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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Page 17
... European Trichius . The non - peculiar genera are , Stethodesma , of which half the species are African and half tropical American ; and Euphoria , confined to America both North and South . Of im- Buprestid¿ . - In this fine group the ...
... European Trichius . The non - peculiar genera are , Stethodesma , of which half the species are African and half tropical American ; and Euphoria , confined to America both North and South . Of im- Buprestid¿ . - In this fine group the ...
Page 46
... South American . Cetoniidae . These seem very scarce , only a few species of ... South Temperate America , and 5 of these are peculiar to it ; 3 others are South ... Europe , and Mexico . The Cerambycid¿ are much more abundant , and their ...
... South American . Cetoniidae . These seem very scarce , only a few species of ... South Temperate America , and 5 of these are peculiar to it ; 3 others are South ... Europe , and Mexico . The Cerambycid¿ are much more abundant , and their ...
Page 123
... Europe , and , owing to the long continuance of the generic types of insects , would remain little modified till now ... South America ; and a large number of characteristic European forms . The Lucanid¿ are all of European types . The region ...
... Europe , and , owing to the long continuance of the generic types of insects , would remain little modified till now ... South America ; and a large number of characteristic European forms . The Lucanid¿ are all of European types . The region ...
Page 155
... Europe ( and probably also in North America ) during the earlier part of the Tertiary epoch . These facts , taken in ... South Africa , and South America of our time . Into these flowed successive waves of life , as they each in turn ...
... Europe ( and probably also in North America ) during the earlier part of the Tertiary epoch . These facts , taken in ... South Africa , and South America of our time . Into these flowed successive waves of life , as they each in turn ...
Page 157
... South Europe and North India prevailed so far within the tropics . There existed , however , at the extreme eastern and western limits of the region , two extensive equatorial land - areas , our Indo - Malayan and West African sub ...
... South Europe and North India prevailed so far within the tropics . There existed , however , at the extreme eastern and western limits of the region , two extensive equatorial land - areas , our Indo - Malayan and West African sub ...
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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