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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... common with North America are : Vireonidæ , or greenlets ; Mniotiltidæ , or wood - warblers ; Tanagridæ , or tana- gers ; Icteridæ , or hang - nests ; Tyrannidæ , or tyrant - shrikes ; Trochilidæ , or humming - birds ; and Conuridæ , or ...
... common with North America are : Vireonidæ , or greenlets ; Mniotiltidæ , or wood - warblers ; Tanagridæ , or tana- gers ; Icteridæ , or hang - nests ; Tyrannidæ , or tyrant - shrikes ; Trochilidæ , or humming - birds ; and Conuridæ , or ...
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... common to the Oriental and Neotropical regions ; and the Tortricidæ , most 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 ...
... common to the Oriental and Neotropical regions ; and the Tortricidæ , most 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 ...
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... common to other regions are Syndesus , confined to Tropical South America and Australia , and Platycerus which is Palearctic and Nearctic , with one species in Brazil . The most remarkable genus is undoubtedly Chiasogna- thus , confined ...
... common to other regions are Syndesus , confined to Tropical South America and Australia , and Platycerus which is Palearctic and Nearctic , with one species in Brazil . The most remarkable genus is undoubtedly Chiasogna- thus , confined ...
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... common ( exclusively ) with the Nearctic , and 4 ( in the same way ) with the Australian region . Only the more important genera can be here referred to , under the three great families into which these insects are divided . The ...
... common ( exclusively ) with the Nearctic , and 4 ( in the same way ) with the Australian region . Only the more important genera can be here referred to , under the three great families into which these insects are divided . The ...
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... common to the Neotropical and Nearctic . regions exclusively , and 3 to the Neotropical and Australian . The most extensive genera are the elegant Ibidion ( 80 sp . ) ; the richly - coloured Chrysoprasis ( 47 sp . ) ; the prettily ...
... common to the Neotropical and Nearctic . regions exclusively , and 3 to the Neotropical and Australian . The most extensive genera are the elegant Ibidion ( 80 sp . ) ; the richly - coloured Chrysoprasis ( 47 sp . ) ; the prettily ...
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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