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 41
... sub - region . Species of the South American genera Phryniscus , Hylaplesia , Telmatobius , Cacotus , Hylodes , Cyclorhamphus , Pleu- rodema , Cystignathus , and Leiuperus , are found in various locali- ties , some extending even to the ...
... sub - region . Species of the South American genera Phryniscus , Hylaplesia , Telmatobius , Cacotus , Hylodes , Cyclorhamphus , Pleu- rodema , Cystignathus , and Leiuperus , are found in various locali- ties , some extending even to the ...
Page 86
... 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 ...
Page 88
... Sub - regions . Order and Family . ANSERES . 118. Anatidæ 119. Laridæ ... 120. Procellariida 121. Pelecanidæ 122 ... Palearctic Oriental , N.-W. America All warm countries Oriental , Japan Almost cosmopolite All the regions All tropical ...
... Sub - regions . Order and Family . ANSERES . 118. Anatidæ 119. Laridæ ... 120. Procellariida 121. Pelecanidæ 122 ... Palearctic Oriental , N.-W. America All warm countries Oriental , Japan Almost cosmopolite All the regions All tropical ...
Page 118
... Nearctic birds is much less than in each of the various sub - divisions of the Neotropical region ; and that the total number of genera is also less , while the bulk of them are common either to the Neo- tropical or Palæarctic regions ...
... Nearctic birds is much less than in each of the various sub - divisions of the Neotropical region ; and that the total number of genera is also less , while the bulk of them are common either to the Neo- tropical or Palæarctic regions ...
Page 137
... Palearctic forms , not known in other parts of the sub - region , appear here . These are Budytes flava , Phyl- loscopus kennicottii , and Pyrrhula coccinea , all belonging to genera not occurring elsewhere in North America ...
... Palearctic forms , not known in other parts of the sub - region , appear here . These are Budytes flava , Phyl- loscopus kennicottii , and Pyrrhula coccinea , all belonging to genera not occurring elsewhere in North America ...
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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