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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... California with some Characteristic Birds . . 128 8. Plate XIX . The North American Prairies with Characteristic Mammalia 130 9. Plate XX . A Canadian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia . . 136 THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS ...
... California with some Characteristic Birds . . 128 8. Plate XIX . The North American Prairies with Characteristic Mammalia 130 9. Plate XX . A Canadian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia . . 136 THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS ...
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... California and Europe . The most remarkable genera are , the magnificently - coloured Psalidognathus and Pyrodes ; the large and strangely marked Macrodontia ; and Titanus , the largest insect of the. CHAP . XIV . ] 17 THE NEOTROPICAL ...
... California and Europe . The most remarkable genera are , the magnificently - coloured Psalidognathus and Pyrodes ; the large and strangely marked Macrodontia ; and Titanus , the largest insect of the. CHAP . XIV . ] 17 THE NEOTROPICAL ...
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... California Cosmopolite All tropical regions Madagascar All regions but Australian All regions but Australian All regions but Australian N. America All regions but Ethiopian and Australian S. temperate zone ( ? ) N. and S. temperate ...
... California Cosmopolite All tropical regions Madagascar All regions but Australian All regions but Australian All regions but Australian N. America All regions but Ethiopian and Australian S. temperate zone ( ? ) N. and S. temperate ...
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... California Tropical regions , Japan , S. Carolina Oriental , Australian , Madagascar Nearctic , Palæarctic , Oriental Missouri Ethiopian , S. Palearctic Ethiopian Nearctic Nearctic , Ethiopian , S. Europe , and N. India Nearctic ...
... California Tropical regions , Japan , S. Carolina Oriental , Australian , Madagascar Nearctic , Palæarctic , Oriental Missouri Ethiopian , S. Palearctic Ethiopian Nearctic Nearctic , Ethiopian , S. Europe , and N. India Nearctic ...
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... 24. Stenoderma 7 The whole region 25. Sturnira 26. Desmodus 27. Saccopteryx 331 Chili to Guatemala 3 Chili to Mexico Ecuador California 69. Leptonyx ... 70. Ommatophoca ... 1 71. Morunga 72. CHAP . XIV . ] 91 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... 24. Stenoderma 7 The whole region 25. Sturnira 26. Desmodus 27. Saccopteryx 331 Chili to Guatemala 3 Chili to Mexico Ecuador California 69. Leptonyx ... 70. Ommatophoca ... 1 71. Morunga 72. CHAP . XIV . ] 91 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belonging birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili China coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti 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 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 Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand