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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... NEOTROPICAL REGION . General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region ( p . 5 ) -Distinctive Charac- ters of Neotropical Mammalia ( p . 6 ) -Of Neotropical Birds ( p . 7 ) -Neotropical Reptiles ( p . 9 ) -Fresh - water Fishes ( p ...
... NEOTROPICAL REGION . General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region ( p . 5 ) -Distinctive Charac- ters of Neotropical Mammalia ( p . 6 ) -Of Neotropical Birds ( p . 7 ) -Neotropical Reptiles ( p . 9 ) -Fresh - water Fishes ( p ...
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... NEOTROPICAL REGION . THIS region. 100 90 80 70 30 Texas R.Gde del Norte Plonterey Tampico 10 10 Tehuantepe 3 Vera Cruz Suasemaja Guatemala catan G.of Fonseca MississippiR Pinos Gof Honduras Honduras Nicaraga AN Cocos I. ہو Charleston ...
... NEOTROPICAL REGION . THIS region. 100 90 80 70 30 Texas R.Gde del Norte Plonterey Tampico 10 10 Tehuantepe 3 Vera Cruz Suasemaja Guatemala catan G.of Fonseca MississippiR Pinos Gof Honduras Honduras Nicaraga AN Cocos I. ہو Charleston ...
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... NEOTROPICAL REGION . THIS region , comprehending not only South America but Tropical North America and the Antilles , may be compared as to extent with the Ethiopian region ; but it is distinguished from all the other great zoological ...
... NEOTROPICAL REGION . THIS region , comprehending not only South America but Tropical North America and the Antilles , may be compared as to extent with the Ethiopian region ; but it is distinguished from all the other great zoological ...
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... region . The portion of North America that lies within the tropics , closely resembles the last sub - region in general zoological features . It possesses hardly any ... Neotropical region is. CHAP . XIV . ] 5 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... region . The portion of North America that lies within the tropics , closely resembles the last sub - region in general zoological features . It possesses hardly any ... Neotropical region is. CHAP . XIV . ] 5 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... Neotropical region ; but in using this number as a basis of comparison with other regions we must remember , that owing to several ornithologists having made the birds of South America a special study , they have perhaps been more ...
... Neotropical region ; but in using this number as a basis of comparison with other regions we must remember , that owing to several ornithologists having made the birds of South America a special study , they have perhaps been more ...
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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