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 10
... Philippine islands ; the Amblycephalidæ , common to the Oriental and Neotropical regions ; and the Tortricidæ , most abundant in the Oriental region , but found also in the Austro - Malay islands and Tropical South America . Sixteen of ...
... Philippine islands ; the Amblycephalidæ , common to the Oriental and Neotropical regions ; and the Tortricidæ , most abundant in the Oriental region , but found also in the Austro - Malay islands and Tropical South America . Sixteen of ...
Page 17
... Philippines ; Actenodes has a single species in North Ame- rica and another in West Africa ; Colobogaster has two in West Africa , one in Java and one in the Moluccas . The relations of South America and Australia as indicated by these ...
... Philippines ; Actenodes has a single species in North Ame- rica and another in West Africa ; Colobogaster has two in West Africa , one in Java and one in the Moluccas . The relations of South America and Australia as indicated by these ...
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... Philippine Islands . General Conclusions as to the Neotropical Insect - fauna.- Looking at the insects of the Neotropical region as a whole , we are struck with the vast amount of specialty they present ; and , considering how many ...
... Philippine Islands . General Conclusions as to the Neotropical Insect - fauna.- Looking at the insects of the Neotropical region as a whole , we are struck with the vast amount of specialty they present ; and , considering how many ...
Page 76
... Philippine islands with the Sunda group , we find the development of vertebrata and land - molluscs in inverse ratio to each other . The same thing occurs if we compare New Zealand and Tasmania ; and we have a still more striking ...
... Philippine islands with the Sunda group , we find the development of vertebrata and land - molluscs in inverse ratio to each other . The same thing occurs if we compare New Zealand and Tasmania ; and we have a still more striking ...
Page 88
... Philippine Islands Oriental All tropical regions , California Tropical regions , Japan , S. Carolina Oriental , Australian , Madagascar Nearctic , Palæarctic , Oriental Missouri Ethiopian , S. Palearctic Ethiopian Nearctic Nearctic ...
... Philippine Islands Oriental All tropical regions , California Tropical regions , Japan , S. Carolina Oriental , Australian , Madagascar Nearctic , Palæarctic , Oriental Missouri Ethiopian , S. Palearctic Ethiopian Nearctic Nearctic ...
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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