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 15
... Madagascar . Another family of day - flying moths , the Castniidæ , is almost equally divided between the Neotropical and Australian regions , although the genera are more numerous in the latter . The American Castnias are large , thick ...
... Madagascar . Another family of day - flying moths , the Castniidæ , is almost equally divided between the Neotropical and Australian regions , although the genera are more numerous in the latter . The American Castnias are large , thick ...
Page 17
... Madagascar , two in the Mediterranean region , and a few in North America ; Acherusia is divided between Australia and Brazil ; Ptosima has one species in south tempe- rate America , the rest widely scattered from North America to the ...
... Madagascar , two in the Mediterranean region , and a few in North America ; Acherusia is divided between Australia and Brazil ; Ptosima has one species in south tempe- rate America , the rest widely scattered from North America to the ...
Page 62
... by a genus belonging to a family largely developed in Madagascar and found nowhere else . The early voyagers mention " Coatis " and " Agoutis " as being found in Hayti and the other large islands , and. 62 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY ...
... by a genus belonging to a family largely developed in Madagascar and found nowhere else . The early voyagers mention " Coatis " and " Agoutis " as being found in Hayti and the other large islands , and. 62 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY ...
Page 63
... Madagascar ; while there is nothing closely allied to them in any other part of the world but in these two islands . Seals are said to be found on the shores of some of the islands , but they are very imperfectly known . The rodents ...
... Madagascar ; while there is nothing closely allied to them in any other part of the world but in these two islands . Seals are said to be found on the shores of some of the islands , but they are very imperfectly known . The rodents ...
Page 66
... Madagascar , where a group of animals are found constituting the family Centetidae , to which Solenodon is said undoubtedly to belong . Above it are a pair of hutias ( Capromys fourniers ) rat - like animals belonging to the South ...
... Madagascar , where a group of animals are found constituting the family Centetidae , to which Solenodon is said undoubtedly to belong . Above it are a pair of hutias ( Capromys fourniers ) rat - like animals belonging to the South ...
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