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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Page 194
... carnivorous animals , popularly known as civets , genets , and ichneumons , highly characteristic of the Ethiopian and Oriental regions , several of the genera being common to both . A species of Genetta , and one of Herpestes , inhabit ...
... carnivorous animals , popularly known as civets , genets , and ichneumons , highly characteristic of the Ethiopian and Oriental regions , several of the genera being common to both . A species of Genetta , and one of Herpestes , inhabit ...
Page 210
... carnivorous whales , with double - fanged serrated molar teeth , whose affinities are somewhat doubtful , are found in the older Pliocene of Europe , and in the Miocene and Eocene of the Eastern United States . Zeuglodon abounds in the ...
... carnivorous whales , with double - fanged serrated molar teeth , whose affinities are somewhat doubtful , are found in the older Pliocene of Europe , and in the Miocene and Eocene of the Eastern United States . Zeuglodon abounds in the ...
Page 249
... carnivorous or insectivorous marsupials , ranging from the size of a wolf to that of a mouse . They are found all over Australia and Tasmania , as well as in New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands . Several new genera and species ...
... carnivorous or insectivorous marsupials , ranging from the size of a wolf to that of a mouse . They are found all over Australia and Tasmania , as well as in New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands . Several new genera and species ...
Page 252
... carnivorous , and able to prey upon the huge Diprotodon , while Professor Flower and Mr. Gerard Krefft , believe that it was herbivorous . FAMILY 82. - PHASCOLOMY IDE . ( 1 Genus , 3 Species . ) NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
... carnivorous , and able to prey upon the huge Diprotodon , while Professor Flower and Mr. Gerard Krefft , believe that it was herbivorous . FAMILY 82. - PHASCOLOMY IDE . ( 1 Genus , 3 Species . ) NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
Page 370
... - posing them to represent a very ancient type of bird , developed at a time when the more specialized carnivorous mammalia had not come into existence , and preserved only in those. 370 [ PART IV . GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY .
... - posing them to represent a very ancient type of bird , developed at a time when the more specialized carnivorous mammalia had not come into existence , and preserved only in those. 370 [ PART IV . GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY .
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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