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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... affinities of the several regions ; but for our present purpose it will be best to take first in order that which is the most important and most extensive , and which exhibits all the peculiar characteristics of the region in their ...
... affinities of the several regions ; but for our present purpose it will be best to take first in order that which is the most important and most extensive , and which exhibits all the peculiar characteristics of the region in their ...
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... affinities - the Chinchillida . It consists of 3 genera - Chinchilla ( 2 sp . ) , inhabiting the Andes of Chili and Peru as far as 9 ° south latitude , and at from 8,000 to 12,000 feet altitude ; Lagidium ( 3 sp . ) , ranging over the ...
... affinities - the Chinchillida . It consists of 3 genera - Chinchilla ( 2 sp . ) , inhabiting the Andes of Chili and Peru as far as 9 ° south latitude , and at from 8,000 to 12,000 feet altitude ; Lagidium ( 3 sp . ) , ranging over the ...
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... affinities , and traces of ancient migrations . The Carabidæ are very well represented , and having been more extensively col- lected than most other families , offer us perhaps the most com- plete materials . Including the Cicindelidæ ...
... affinities , and traces of ancient migrations . The Carabidæ are very well represented , and having been more extensively col- lected than most other families , offer us perhaps the most com- plete materials . Including the Cicindelidæ ...
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... affinities . On the whole , therefore , the Buprestidæ are unmistakeably Neotropical in character . Longicorns . - Almost the whole of the South Temperate Longi- corns inhabit Chili , which is very rich in this beautiful tribe . About ...
... affinities . On the whole , therefore , the Buprestidæ are unmistakeably Neotropical in character . Longicorns . - Almost the whole of the South Temperate Longi- corns inhabit Chili , which is very rich in this beautiful tribe . About ...
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... affinities . Only one , Aconopterus , is decidedly allied to a northern genus , Pogonochorus . It thus appears , that none of the Lamiidæ ex- hibit Australian affinities , although these are a prominent fea- ture in the relations of the ...
... affinities . Only one , Aconopterus , is decidedly allied to a northern genus , Pogonochorus . It thus appears , that none of the Lamiidæ ex- hibit Australian affinities , although these are a prominent fea- ture in the relations of 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