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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... Mexico and Guatemala from the north , which never reach South America ; so that it is convenient to separate this district as a sub - region , which forms , to some extent , a transition to the Nearctic region . General Zoological ...
... Mexico and Guatemala from the north , which never reach South America ; so that it is convenient to separate this district as a sub - region , which forms , to some extent , a transition to the Nearctic region . General Zoological ...
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... Mexico . In birds , the northern groups rarely go further south than Mexico or the Columbian Andes ; and the only case of discontinuous distribution we can find recorded is that of the genus. 38 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... Mexico . In birds , the northern groups rarely go further south than Mexico or the Columbian Andes ; and the only case of discontinuous distribution we can find recorded is that of the genus. 38 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... Mexico and Australia ; Cupido , widely spread in the tropics ; Euryades , found only in La Plata and Paraguay , allied to South American forms of Papilio , to the Australian Eurycus , and the northern Parnassius ; and Heterop- terus ...
... Mexico and Australia ; Cupido , widely spread in the tropics ; Euryades , found only in La Plata and Paraguay , allied to South American forms of Papilio , to the Australian Eurycus , and the northern Parnassius ; and Heterop- terus ...
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... Mexico . The Cerambycid¿ are much more abundant , and their affinities more interesting . Two ( Syllitus and Pseudoce- phalus ) are common to Australia and Chili . Twenty - three are Neotropical ; and among these Ibidion , Compsocerus ...
... Mexico . The Cerambycid¿ are much more abundant , and their affinities more interesting . Two ( Syllitus and Pseudoce- phalus ) are common to Australia and Chili . Twenty - three are Neotropical ; and among these Ibidion , Compsocerus ...
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... Mexico it forms an extensive table - land , from 6,000 to 9,000 feet above the sea , with numerous volcanic peaks from 12,000 to 18,000 feet high ; but in Yucatan and Honduras , the country is less . elevated , though still mountainous ...
... Mexico it forms an extensive table - land , from 6,000 to 9,000 feet above the sea , with numerous volcanic peaks from 12,000 to 18,000 feet high ; but in Yucatan and Honduras , the country is less . elevated , though still mountainous ...
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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