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 9
... distributed , not a direct communication between the southern continents . The Tinamidæ or tinamous , point to a still more remote antiquity , since their nearest allies are believed to be the Struthiones or ostrich tribe , of which a ...
... distributed , not a direct communication between the southern continents . The Tinamidæ or tinamous , point to a still more remote antiquity , since their nearest allies are believed to be the Struthiones or ostrich tribe , of which a ...
Page 11
... fairly represen- ted . All these families are widely distributed , but the Neotropi- cal genera are , in almost every case , peculiar . Fresh - water fishes . - The great rivers of. CHAP . XIV . ] 11 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... fairly represen- ted . All these families are widely distributed , but the Neotropi- cal genera are , in almost every case , peculiar . Fresh - water fishes . - The great rivers of. CHAP . XIV . ] 11 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
Page 17
... distributed ; and Ergates , found also in 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 ...
... distributed ; and Ergates , found also in 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 ...
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... distribution of birds among the islands themselves . The largest island is the least known ; only one bird being recorded from it , one of the mocking - thrushes found nowhere else . Combining the observations of Mr. Darwin with those ...
... distribution of birds among the islands themselves . The largest island is the least known ; only one bird being recorded from it , one of the mocking - thrushes found nowhere else . Combining the observations of Mr. Darwin with those ...
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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