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 58
... Miocene period there was not that marked diversity of climate between North and South America that now prevails ; for when a luxuriant vegetation covered what are now the shores of the Arctic Ocean , the country south of the great lakes ...
... Miocene period there was not that marked diversity of climate between North and South America that now prevails ; for when a luxuriant vegetation covered what are now the shores of the Arctic Ocean , the country south of the great lakes ...
Page 81
... Miocene and Pliocene periods ; but some time previous to the coming on of the glacial epoch , the union between the two continents took place which has con- tinued to our day . Earlier submergences of the isthmus of Panama probably ...
... Miocene and Pliocene periods ; but some time previous to the coming on of the glacial epoch , the union between the two continents took place which has con- tinued to our day . Earlier submergences of the isthmus of Panama probably ...
Page 82
... Miocene times - would afford facilities for the passage of the reptiles and insects of more temperate zones . That no actual land - connection occurred , is proved by the total absence of interchange of the mammals or land - birds of. 82 ...
... Miocene times - would afford facilities for the passage of the reptiles and insects of more temperate zones . That no actual land - connection occurred , is proved by the total absence of interchange of the mammals or land - birds of. 82 ...
Page 123
... Miocene period ; for when our existing arctic regions supported a luxuriant vegetation , butterflies would have been plentiful ; and as the cold came on , these would move southwards both in America and Europe , and , owing to the long ...
... Miocene period ; for when our existing arctic regions supported a luxuriant vegetation , butterflies would have been plentiful ; and as the cold came on , these would move southwards both in America and Europe , and , owing to the long ...
Page 155
... Miocene periods , the distinc- tion of the Palearctic and Nearctic regions was better marked than it is now ; as is ... Miocene flora of Central North America corresponds generally with that of the European Miocene ,. CHAP . XVI . ] 155 ...
... Miocene periods , the distinc- tion of the Palearctic and Nearctic regions was better marked than it is now ; as is ... Miocene flora of Central North America corresponds generally with that of the European Miocene ,. CHAP . XVI . ] 155 ...
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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