Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... Palearctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past Changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World— Past History of the American Continents - The Australian Region- Summary and Conclusion . THERE is ...
... Palearctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past Changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World— Past History of the American Continents - The Australian Region- Summary and Conclusion . THERE is ...
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... Palearctic Region . The Palearctic , or North Temperate region of the Old World , is not only by far the most extensive of the zoological regions , but is the one which agrees least with our ordinary geographical divisions . It includes ...
... Palearctic Region . The Palearctic , or North Temperate region of the Old World , is not only by far the most extensive of the zoological regions , but is the one which agrees least with our ordinary geographical divisions . It includes ...
Page 315
... Palearctic region is well characterized by a considerable number of typical groups , although , as we shall presently see , it has in recent geological times lost much of its ancient richness and variety of animal life . Among Mammalia ...
... Palearctic region is well characterized by a considerable number of typical groups , although , as we shall presently see , it has in recent geological times lost much of its ancient richness and variety of animal life . Among Mammalia ...
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... Palearctic region ; yet owing to the absence of extreme climates , and the tropical luxuriance of a considerable portion of its surface , it supports a greater number and variety of large animals than any other part of the globe of ...
... Palearctic region ; yet owing to the absence of extreme climates , and the tropical luxuriance of a considerable portion of its surface , it supports a greater number and variety of large animals than any other part of the globe of ...
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... Palearctic , Oriental , and Ethiopian regions ; while tropical Africa , and such other tropical lands as were then , like the peninsula of India , detached and isolated from the continent , possessed a much more limited fauna ...
... Palearctic , Oriental , and Ethiopian regions ; while tropical Africa , and such other tropical lands as were then , like the peninsula of India , detached and isolated from the continent , possessed a much more limited fauna ...
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