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 Indian islands as forming a well - marked subdivision ; characterised , not only by that poverty of forms which is a general feature of ancient insular groups , but also by a number of peculiar generic types , some of which are ...
... West Indian islands as forming a well - marked subdivision ; characterised , not only by that poverty of forms which is a general feature of ancient insular groups , but also by a number of peculiar generic types , some of which are ...
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... West Indian islands and a Sorex which reaches Guatemala and Costa Rica , the Insectivora are wholly wanting ; as is also the extensive and wide - spread family of the Viverridæ . It has no oxen or sheep , and indeed no form of ruminant ...
... West Indian islands and a Sorex which reaches Guatemala and Costa Rica , the Insectivora are wholly wanting ; as is also the extensive and wide - spread family of the Viverridæ . It has no oxen or sheep , and indeed no form of ruminant ...
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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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... Islands , is altogether different from the Tres Marias . It is situated a little further . south ( 19 S. Latitude ) ... West Indian Islands , or Antillean Sub - region . The West Indian islands are , in many respects , one of the most ...
... Islands , is altogether different from the Tres Marias . It is situated a little further . south ( 19 S. Latitude ) ... West Indian Islands , or Antillean Sub - region . The West Indian islands are , in many respects , one of the most ...
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... islands of Tertiary or recent formation , connected with the volcanic islands by a submerged bank at no great depth . The islands to the north and west ... Indian Islands are exceedingly few , but very interesting . Almost all the orders most ...
... islands of Tertiary or recent formation , connected with the volcanic islands by a submerged bank at no great depth . The islands to the north and west ... Indian Islands are exceedingly few , but very interesting . Almost all the orders most ...
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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