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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 68
Page
... Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 67 . 115 7. Plate XVIII ...
... Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 67 . 115 7. Plate XVIII ...
Page 22
... Upper Rio Branco on the northern boundary of Brazil ; a tract in the interior of British Guiana ; and another on the northern bank of the Amazon near its mouth , and extending some little distance on its south bank at Santarem . On the ...
... Upper Rio Branco on the northern boundary of Brazil ; a tract in the interior of British Guiana ; and another on the northern bank of the Amazon near its mouth , and extending some little distance on its south bank at Santarem . On the ...
Page 23
... upper waters of the Amazon ; tapirs of the genus Tapirus ( a distinct genus being found north of Panama ) ; 4 genera of Muridae ; Ctenomys , a genus of Octodontidae ; the whole family of Echimyidæ , or spiny rats , ( as far as the ...
... upper waters of the Amazon ; tapirs of the genus Tapirus ( a distinct genus being found north of Panama ) ; 4 genera of Muridae ; Ctenomys , a genus of Octodontidae ; the whole family of Echimyidæ , or spiny rats , ( as far as the ...
Page 24
... Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. PLATE XII . THE PLAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE OF THE UPPER AMAZON.
... Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. PLATE XII . THE PLAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE OF THE UPPER AMAZON.
Page 26
... Upper Amazon ( Cepha- lopterus ) , which extends across the Ecuadorean Andes and into Costa Rica . Brazil has Ptilochloris , Casiornis , Tijuca , Phibalura , and Calyptura ; while not a single genus of this family , except perhaps ...
... Upper Amazon ( Cepha- lopterus ) , which extends across the Ecuadorean Andes and into Costa Rica . Brazil has Ptilochloris , Casiornis , Tijuca , Phibalura , and Calyptura ; while not a single genus of this family , except perhaps ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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