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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... facts , we find that the Neotropical region possesses no less than 45 families and more than 900 genera of Vertebrata which are altogether peculiar to it ; while it has representatives of 168 families out of a total of 330 , showing ...
... facts , we find that the Neotropical region possesses no less than 45 families and more than 900 genera of Vertebrata which are altogether peculiar to it ; while it has representatives of 168 families out of a total of 330 , showing ...
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... fact of 48 species of fish ( or 30 per cent . of those known ) being identical on the adjacent coasts of the two oceans ( as determined by Dr. Günther ) , render it probable that Central America has been partially submerged up to ...
... fact of 48 species of fish ( or 30 per cent . of those known ) being identical on the adjacent coasts of the two oceans ( as determined by Dr. Günther ) , render it probable that Central America has been partially submerged up to ...
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... facts occur among the Mammalia . At least 3 genera of monkeys are confined to the great lowland equa- torial forests and 1 to Brazil ; Icticyon ( Canidae ) and Pteronura ( Mustelidae ) belong to Guiana and Brazil ; and most of the ...
... facts occur among the Mammalia . At least 3 genera of monkeys are confined to the great lowland equa- torial forests and 1 to Brazil ; Icticyon ( Canidae ) and Pteronura ( Mustelidae ) belong to Guiana and Brazil ; and most of the ...
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... divisions , so that on the whole it seems better to treat the entire area as one sub - region , although recognizing the fact of its zoological and geographical diversity. CHAP . XIV . ] 27 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION . 27.
... divisions , so that on the whole it seems better to treat the entire area as one sub - region , although recognizing the fact of its zoological and geographical diversity. CHAP . XIV . ] 27 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION . 27.
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... fact of its zoological and geographical diversity , as well as its vast superiority over every other sub- region in the number and variety of its animal forms . The reptiles , fishes , mollusca , and insects of this sub - region have ...
... fact of its zoological and geographical diversity , as well as its vast superiority over every other sub- region in the number and variety of its animal forms . The reptiles , fishes , mollusca , and insects of this sub - region have ...
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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