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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... Sub - region ( p . 127 ) -The Rocky Mountain Sub - region ( p . 129 ) -The Alleghany Sub - region ( p . 131 ) -The Bermudas ( p . 134 ) -The Canadian Sub- region ( p . 135 ) -Greenland ( p . 138 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting ...
... Sub - region ( p . 127 ) -The Rocky Mountain Sub - region ( p . 129 ) -The Alleghany Sub - region ( p . 131 ) -The Bermudas ( p . 134 ) -The Canadian Sub- region ( p . 135 ) -Greenland ( p . 138 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting ...
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... Sub - regions . | | | | | | | | Chili . Brazil . Mexico . Antilles . || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 111 Sub - regions . Brazil . Mexico . Antilles . Order and Family . Range beyond the Region . Cosmopolite Nearctic All regions ...
... Sub - regions . | | | | | | | | Chili . Brazil . Mexico . Antilles . || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 111 Sub - regions . Brazil . Mexico . Antilles . Order and Family . Range beyond the Region . Cosmopolite Nearctic All regions ...
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... sub - region ; and their great development is a powerful argument against any recent extensive submergence beneath the ocean of the lowlands of North America . The Nearctic Sub - regions ... NEARCTIC REGION .
... sub - region ; and their great development is a powerful argument against any recent extensive submergence beneath the ocean of the lowlands of North America . The Nearctic Sub - regions ... NEARCTIC REGION .
Page 135
... Sub - Arctic or Canadian Sub - region . This sub - region serves to connect ... regions . The greater portion of it is an exten- sive forest - district , mostly of coniferæ ; and where these cease towards the north ... NEARCTIC REGION .
... Sub - Arctic or Canadian Sub - region . This sub - region serves to connect ... regions . The greater portion of it is an exten- sive forest - district , mostly of coniferæ ; and where these cease towards the north ... NEARCTIC REGION .
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... Nearctic region , with the exception of one species in California ( Macrotus Californicus ) , closely allied to ... SUB - REGIONS . NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
... Nearctic region , with the exception of one species in California ( Macrotus Californicus ) , closely allied to ... SUB - REGIONS . NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
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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