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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... Reptiles . The Neotropical region is very rich in varied forms of reptile life , and the species are very abundant . It has six altogether peculiar families , and several others which only range. CHAP . XIV . ] THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... Reptiles . The Neotropical region is very rich in varied forms of reptile life , and the species are very abundant . It has six altogether peculiar families , and several others which only range. CHAP . XIV . ] THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... abundant in the Oriental region , but found also in the Austro - Malay islands and Tropical South America . Sixteen of the families of snakes occur in the region , the Colubridæ , Amblycephalidæ , and Pythonidæ , being those which are ...
... abundant in the Oriental region , but found also in the Austro - Malay islands and Tropical South America . Sixteen of the families of snakes occur in the region , the Colubridæ , Amblycephalidæ , and Pythonidæ , being those which are ...
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... abundant ; there being 14 families repre- sented , of which 4 , -Rhinophryndæ , Hylaplesidæ , Plectroman- tidæ , and Pipidæ are peculiar . None of these families contain more than a single genus , and only the second more than a single ...
... abundant ; there being 14 families repre- sented , of which 4 , -Rhinophryndæ , Hylaplesidæ , Plectroman- tidæ , and Pipidæ are peculiar . None of these families contain more than a single genus , and only the second more than a single ...
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... abundant and cha- racteristic of all , but is not wholly peculiar , there being a species in the Malay archipelago . Tetracha , another large genus , has species in Australia and a few in North America and Europe . The small genus ...
... abundant and cha- racteristic of all , but is not wholly peculiar , there being a species in the Malay archipelago . Tetracha , another large genus , has species in Australia and a few in North America and Europe . The small genus ...
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... abundant in South America . Pachyteles is mostly South American but with a few species in West Africa ; while Lobodonotus has one species in South America and two in Africa . Lucanidæ . - The Neotropical species of this family almost ...
... abundant in South America . Pachyteles is mostly South American but with a few species in West Africa ; while Lobodonotus has one species in South America and two in Africa . Lucanidæ . - The Neotropical species of this family almost ...
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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