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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Page 19
... India Islands . The most recent estimates show that the Antilles contain more species of land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all continental America , north and south . Mr. Thomas Bland , who has ...
... India Islands . The most recent estimates show that the Antilles contain more species of land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all continental America , north and south . Mr. Thomas Bland , who has ...
Page 74
... Indian species , while 1 inhabits Mexico and Florida . Genera which show a special relation to Central America are Euptoieta , Eumous , and Nathalis . Almost all the other genera are South American , the total number recorded in each ...
... Indian species , while 1 inhabits Mexico and Florida . Genera which show a special relation to Central America are Euptoieta , Eumous , and Nathalis . Almost all the other genera are South American , the total number recorded in each ...
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... India , Tropical Africa Ethiopian , Oriental , Aus- tro - Malayan 46. Molossus ... INSECTIVORA . CENTETIDE . 47. Solenodon ... SORICIDE . ( Sorex CARNIVORA . FELIDE . 48. Felis CANIDE . 49. Icticyon ( Lupus ... 50. Chrysocyon 51 ...
... India , Tropical Africa Ethiopian , Oriental , Aus- tro - Malayan 46. Molossus ... INSECTIVORA . CENTETIDE . 47. Solenodon ... SORICIDE . ( Sorex CARNIVORA . FELIDE . 48. Felis CANIDE . 49. Icticyon ( Lupus ... 50. Chrysocyon 51 ...
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... India and the Malay islands . These curious facts point unmistakably to the former existence of a large tract of land in what is now the Indian Ocean , connecting Madagascar on the one hand with Ceylon , and with the Malay countries on ...
... India and the Malay islands . These curious facts point unmistakably to the former existence of a large tract of land in what is now the Indian Ocean , connecting Madagascar on the one hand with Ceylon , and with the Malay countries on ...
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... India and the Malay Islands , so that the Oriental region is now the richest in shrews , having 28 species ; the ... Indian islands while the five allied genera are found only in Madagascar ; and the absence of hedgehogs from North ...
... India and the Malay Islands , so that the Oriental region is now the richest in shrews , having 28 species ; the ... Indian islands while the five allied genera are found only in Madagascar ; and the absence of hedgehogs from North ...
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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