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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... 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 insects has already been sufficiently noticed under the latter region ...
... 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 insects has already been sufficiently noticed under the latter region ...
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... West India Islands . The most recent estimates show that the Antilles contain more species of land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all continental America , north and south . Mr. Thomas Bland , who ...
... West India Islands . The most recent estimates show that the Antilles contain more species of land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all continental America , north and south . Mr. Thomas Bland , who ...
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... West Indian Islands . The Cyclostomida are represented by 15 genera , 9 being peculiar to the region , and 5 of ... west coasts , more than 40 being so named in the lists published by Mr. Woodward . The West Indian Islands being a rich ...
... West Indian Islands . The Cyclostomida are represented by 15 genera , 9 being peculiar to the region , and 5 of ... west coasts , more than 40 being so named in the lists published by Mr. Woodward . The West Indian Islands being a rich ...
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... west coast there is hardly any coral , while on the east it is abundant , showing a difference of physical conditions that must have greatly influenced the development of mollusca . When these various counteracting influences are taken ...
... west coast there is hardly any coral , while on the east it is abundant , showing a difference of physical conditions that must have greatly influenced the development of mollusca . When these various counteracting influences are taken ...
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... west , an ex- tension of the Peruvian drift along the west coast of South America . From their great extent , and their volcanoes being now almost extinct , we may assume that they are of consider- able antiquity . These facts exactly ...
... west , an ex- tension of the Peruvian drift along the west coast of South America . From their great extent , and their volcanoes being now almost extinct , we may assume that they are of consider- able antiquity . These facts exactly ...
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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