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 22
... Paraguay , and extends in patches and partially wooded country , till it almost reaches the southern extension of the Amazonian forests . The interior of Brazil is thus in the position of a great island - plateau , rising out of , and ...
... Paraguay , and extends in patches and partially wooded country , till it almost reaches the southern extension of the Amazonian forests . The interior of Brazil is thus in the position of a great island - plateau , rising out of , and ...
Page 43
... Paraguay , allied to South American forms of Papilio , to the Australian Eurycus , and the northern Parnassius ; and Heterop- terus , scattered in Chili , North America , and Tropical Africa . We find then , among butterflies , a large ...
... Paraguay , allied to South American forms of Papilio , to the Australian Eurycus , and the northern Parnassius ; and Heterop- terus , scattered in Chili , North America , and Tropical Africa . We find then , among butterflies , a large ...
Page 91
... Paraguay 7 Equatorial Forests 5 Equatorial Forests 5 Nicaragua to Amazonia 3 11 Costa Rica to Brazil and Bolivia Panama to Paraguay 9 Brazil and Upper Amazon 24 Equatorial America to Panama 14. Macrophyllum ... 1 Brazil 16. Lophostoma ...
... Paraguay 7 Equatorial Forests 5 Equatorial Forests 5 Nicaragua to Amazonia 3 11 Costa Rica to Brazil and Bolivia Panama to Paraguay 9 Brazil and Upper Amazon 24 Equatorial America to Panama 14. Macrophyllum ... 1 Brazil 16. Lophostoma ...
Page 92
... Paraguay to W. Indies 41. Mormops 1 Antilles and Mexico 42. Phyllodia ... 1 Jamaica 43. Chilonycteris 5 Brazil and West Indies 44. Pteronotus 1 Trinidad 45. Nyctinomus Range beyond the Region . Nearctic Nearc . , Austral . , Orien ...
... Paraguay to W. Indies 41. Mormops 1 Antilles and Mexico 42. Phyllodia ... 1 Jamaica 43. Chilonycteris 5 Brazil and West Indies 44. Pteronotus 1 Trinidad 45. Nyctinomus Range beyond the Region . Nearctic Nearc . , Austral . , Orien ...
Page 93
... Paraguay & La Plata 62. Cercoleptes 1 Mexico to Peru and N. Brazil 63. Bassaris 2. Mexico and Guatemala California and Texas URSIDE . 64. Tremarctos OTARIIDE . 65. Otaria 66. Arctocephalus .. PHOCIDE . 1 Andes of Peru and Chili 1 Chili ...
... Paraguay & La Plata 62. Cercoleptes 1 Mexico to Peru and N. Brazil 63. Bassaris 2. Mexico and Guatemala California and Texas URSIDE . 64. Tremarctos OTARIIDE . 65. Otaria 66. Arctocephalus .. PHOCIDE . 1 Andes of Peru and Chili 1 Chili ...
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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