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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... region , as well as a very large number of pecu- liar or characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ ... Oriental and Neotropical regions ; and the Tortricidæ , most abundant in the Oriental region , but found also in the ...
... region , as well as a very large number of pecu- liar or characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ ... Oriental and Neotropical regions ; and the Tortricidæ , most abundant in the Oriental region , but found also in the ...
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... region ever formed one mass with it , or only received successive ... Oriental regions , as representing the most important part of what seems ... region , which has been since divided into a temperate and a tropical portion , now ...
... region ever formed one mass with it , or only received successive ... Oriental regions , as representing the most important part of what seems ... region , which has been since divided into a temperate and a tropical portion , now ...
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... region , except the Philippines ; and also in Sylhet and Assam south of the ... ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS ... region . The Eastern genus Presbytes or Semnopithecus ( 29 species ) , is ...
... region , except the Philippines ; and also in Sylhet and Assam south of the ... ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS ... region . The Eastern genus Presbytes or Semnopithecus ( 29 species ) , is ...
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... ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . 4 The curious Tarsius spectrum , which constitutes this family ... region ; but this island is altogether so anomalous that we can only consider its productions to have somewhat more ...
... ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . 4 The curious Tarsius spectrum , which constitutes this family ... region ; but this island is altogether so anomalous that we can only consider its productions to have somewhat more ...
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... ORIENTAL SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . 4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3 The Pteropidæ , or fruit - eating Bats , sometimes called flying- foxes , are pretty evenly distributed ...
... ORIENTAL SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . 4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4 1.2.3 The Pteropidæ , or fruit - eating Bats , sometimes called flying- foxes , are pretty evenly distributed ...
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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