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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... hemisphere being of small extent . Another group of ten families - our " Tanagroid Passeres , " are characterised by the abortion or very rudimentary condition of the first quill ; and of these , five are exclusively American , and have ...
... hemisphere being of small extent . Another group of ten families - our " Tanagroid Passeres , " are characterised by the abortion or very rudimentary condition of the first quill ; and of these , five are exclusively American , and have ...
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... Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North America , and Europe ; Phaa is wholly Neo- tropical , except two species in the Philippine Islands ...
... Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North America , and Europe ; Phaa is wholly Neo- tropical , except two species in the Philippine Islands ...
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... hemisphere ) to North America , and almost to the Nearctic region . Of the 95 genera , no less than 31 , or almost exactly one - third , are peculiar ; while of the 203 resident species , 177 are peculiar , the other 26 being all ...
... hemisphere ) to North America , and almost to the Nearctic region . Of the 95 genera , no less than 31 , or almost exactly one - third , are peculiar ; while of the 203 resident species , 177 are peculiar , the other 26 being all ...
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... , & Bolivia Columbia to S. Brazil 2 2 Brazil 4 Costa Rica to Brazil & Bolivia Range beyond the Region . The Eastern Hemisphere Almost cosmopolite Order , Family , and Genus . No. of Species. CHAP . XIV . ] 107 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... , & Bolivia Columbia to S. Brazil 2 2 Brazil 4 Costa Rica to Brazil & Bolivia Range beyond the Region . The Eastern Hemisphere Almost cosmopolite Order , Family , and Genus . No. of Species. CHAP . XIV . ] 107 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... hemisphere or the Palearctic region by the exclusive possession of important families and numerous genera of Mammalia , as shown by our summary of its extinct fauna in Chapter VII . Not only may we claim North America as now forming one ...
... hemisphere or the Palearctic region by the exclusive possession of important families and numerous genera of Mammalia , as shown by our summary of its extinct fauna in Chapter VII . Not only may we claim North America as now forming one ...
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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