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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... Tropical North America and the Antilles , may be compared as to extent with the Ethiopian region ; but it is distinguished from all the other great zoological divisions of the globe , by the small pro- portion of its surface occupied by ...
... Tropical North America and the Antilles , may be compared as to extent with the Ethiopian region ; but it is distinguished from all the other great zoological divisions of the globe , by the small pro- portion of its surface occupied by ...
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... tropical lowland dis- tricts . The rest of Tropical South America is so homogeneous in its forms of life that it cannot be conveniently subdivided for the purposes of a work like the present . There are , no doubt , con- siderable ...
... tropical lowland dis- tricts . The rest of Tropical South America is so homogeneous in its forms of life that it cannot be conveniently subdivided for the purposes of a work like the present . There are , no doubt , con- siderable ...
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... Tropical America abound in fish of many strange forms and peculiar types . Three fami- lies , and three sub - family ... Tropical America and Tropical Africa , the former possessing about 40 genera and 200 species . The Hap- lochitonid¿ ...
... Tropical America abound in fish of many strange forms and peculiar types . Three fami- lies , and three sub - family ... Tropical America and Tropical Africa , the former possessing about 40 genera and 200 species . The Hap- lochitonid¿ ...
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... tropical ; but there are also a number of genera ( 26 ) peculiar to Chili and South Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ...
... tropical ; but there are also a number of genera ( 26 ) peculiar to Chili and South Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ...
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... tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North America , and Europe ; Phaa is wholly Neo- tropical , except two species in the ...
... tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North America , and Europe ; Phaa is wholly Neo- tropical , except two species in the ...
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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