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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... families and comprising all the true " singing - birds , " is poorly represented in America ; no family being exclusively Neotropical , and only three being at all fully represented in South America , though they comprise the great mass ...
... families and comprising all the true " singing - birds , " is poorly represented in America ; no family being exclusively Neotropical , and only three being at all fully represented in South America , though they comprise the great mass ...
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... family of birds , without being profoundly impressed with the vast antiquity of the South American continent , its long isolation from the rest of the land surface of the globe , and the persistence through countless ages of all the ...
... family of birds , without being profoundly impressed with the vast antiquity of the South American continent , its long isolation from the rest of the land surface of the globe , and the persistence through countless ages of all the ...
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... families Varanidæ , Lacertidæ , and Agamidæ , are absent from the entire American continent . In the order Crocodilia , America has the peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatorida ) , as well as several species of true crocodiles ...
... families Varanidæ , Lacertidæ , and Agamidæ , are absent from the entire American continent . In the order Crocodilia , America has the peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatorida ) , as well as several species of true crocodiles ...
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... family groups are peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotidæ , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays ...
... family groups are peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotidæ , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays ...
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... family , Hesperidæ , is also wonderfully developed here , the species being excessively nu- merous , while some of them redeem the character of this generally sober family , by their rich and elegant coloration . In the only other group ...
... family , Hesperidæ , is also wonderfully developed here , the species being excessively nu- merous , while some of them redeem the character of this generally sober family , by their rich and elegant coloration . In the only other group ...
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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