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 17
... North and South . Buprestida . In this fine group the Neotropical region is tolerably rich , having examples of 39 ... North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the Australian genus Stigmodera ...
... North and South . Buprestida . In this fine group the Neotropical region is tolerably rich , having examples of 39 ... North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the Australian genus Stigmodera ...
Page 38
... north- ward to the equatorial Andes . Many genera are also peculiar : 3 of Fringillid¿ , and 1 of Icterida ; 9 of ... north temperate zone , on which some naturalists lay so much stress . We cannot point to a single terrestrial genus ...
... north- ward to the equatorial Andes . Many genera are also peculiar : 3 of Fringillid¿ , and 1 of Icterida ; 9 of ... north temperate zone , on which some naturalists lay so much stress . We cannot point to a single terrestrial genus ...
Page 43
... north temperate zone : - Tetraphlybia , Neosatyrus , and 3 allied genera of 1 species each , were formerly included under Erebia , a northern and arctic form , yet having a few species in South Africa ; Argyrophorus , allied to Eneis ...
... north temperate zone : - Tetraphlybia , Neosatyrus , and 3 allied genera of 1 species each , were formerly included under Erebia , a northern and arctic form , yet having a few species in South Africa ; Argyrophorus , allied to Eneis ...
Page 57
... North and South American Continents . - The sudden appearance of numerous South American forms of Edentata in temperate North America , in Post - Tertiary times , as narrated in Chapter VII . , together with such facts as the occurrence ...
... North and South American Continents . - The sudden appearance of numerous South American forms of Edentata in temperate North America , in Post - Tertiary times , as narrated in Chapter VII . , together with such facts as the occurrence ...
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... North American , 4 South American , while the rest form little characteristic groups allied to those of Central ... North America , 1 is North American , and 1 South American , while the following are peculiar , - Stenodontes ( Hayti and ...
... North American , 4 South American , while the rest form little characteristic groups allied to those of Central ... North America , 1 is North American , and 1 South American , while the following are peculiar , - Stenodontes ( Hayti and ...
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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