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. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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Page 257
... abundant in the Palearctic region ; 3. Phylloscopinæ ( 11 genera , 139 sp . ) , has the same distribution as the entire family , but is most abundant in the Oriental and Palearctic regions . 4. Syl- viinæ ( 6 genera , 33 sp . ) , most ...
... abundant in the Palearctic region ; 3. Phylloscopinæ ( 11 genera , 139 sp . ) , has the same distribution as the entire family , but is most abundant in the Oriental and Palearctic regions . 4. Syl- viinæ ( 6 genera , 33 sp . ) , most ...
Page 420
... abundant in South America , where a large number of the genera and species are found ; the Ethiopian region comes next , while they are rather less abundant in the Oriental and Australian regions ; the Nearctic region has much less ...
... abundant in South America , where a large number of the genera and species are found ; the Ethiopian region comes next , while they are rather less abundant in the Oriental and Australian regions ; the Nearctic region has much less ...
Page 534
... abundant in warm seas . The genus Leda is , however , abundant in Arctic and Temperate regions , and Solenella is con- fined to the South Temperate zone . There are near 1,200 fossil species , found in all strata as low as the Lower ...
... abundant in warm seas . The genus Leda is , however , abundant in Arctic and Temperate regions , and Solenella is con- fined to the South Temperate zone . There are near 1,200 fossil species , found in all strata as low as the Lower ...
Contents
General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region p 5Distinctive Charac | 15 |
THE NEARCTIC REGION | 113 |
Zoological Characteristics of the Nearctic Region p 115List of Typical | 120 |
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia Australian region belong birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Central America Ceylon characteristic Chili coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba East Eastern Ecuador Eocene Ethiopian and Oriental ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending fauna forests 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 SUB-REGIONS Oriental region ORIENTAL SUB-REGIONS Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Plate 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 universally distributed Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand