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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... recently published work dealing with the whole subject , or with either of the larger orders . An immense number of ... recent works ; and have , I believe , elaborated a more extensive series of facts to illustrate the distribution of ...
... recently published work dealing with the whole subject , or with either of the larger orders . An immense number of ... recent works ; and have , I believe , elaborated a more extensive series of facts to illustrate the distribution of ...
Page 508
... recent deposits . FAMILY 5. - VOLUTIDA ( 5 Genera , 670 Species . ) DISTRIBUTION . - The Volutes are mostly tropical ; but a small species of Mitra is found at Greenland , and a Marginella in the Mediterranean . Cymba is confined to the ...
... recent deposits . FAMILY 5. - VOLUTIDA ( 5 Genera , 670 Species . ) DISTRIBUTION . - The Volutes are mostly tropical ; but a small species of Mitra is found at Greenland , and a Marginella in the Mediterranean . Cymba is confined to the ...
Page 542
... recent emigrants to America . The aquatic carnivora ( Seals , & c . ) are , as might be expected , more widely and uniformly distributed , but there is little evidence to show at what period the type was first developed . Ungulata ...
... recent emigrants to America . The aquatic carnivora ( Seals , & c . ) are , as might be expected , more widely and uniformly distributed , but there is little evidence to show at what period the type was first developed . Ungulata ...
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