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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... Characteristic Mammalia . 3 24 3. Plate XV . A Scene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic Animals ...
... Characteristic Mammalia . 3 24 3. Plate XV . A Scene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic Animals ...
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... characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine VOL . II . - 2 birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of. CHAP . XIV . ] THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine VOL . II . - 2 birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of. CHAP . XIV . ] THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features , they must be con- sidered separately . The snakes ( Ophidia ) differ from all other reptiles , and from most other orders of ...
... characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features , they must be con- sidered separately . The snakes ( Ophidia ) differ from all other reptiles , and from most other orders of ...
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... characteristic groups , to which we are here compelled to limit ourselves . Our facts and figures will , how- ever , furnish data for comparison ; and will thus enable those who have some knowledge of the entomology of any other country ...
... characteristic groups , to which we are here compelled to limit ourselves . Our facts and figures will , how- ever , furnish data for comparison ; and will thus enable those who have some knowledge of the entomology of any other country ...
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... Characteristic Neotropical Mammalia . - Our illustra- tion represents a mountainous forest in Brazil , the part of South America where the Neotropical Mammalia are perhaps best VOL . II . - 3 developed . The central and most conspicuous ...
... Characteristic Neotropical Mammalia . - Our illustra- tion represents a mountainous forest in Brazil , the part of South America where the Neotropical Mammalia are perhaps best VOL . II . - 3 developed . The central and most conspicuous ...
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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