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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... fauna , very distinct both positively and negatively from that of the tropical lowland dis- tricts . The rest of Tropical South America is so homogeneous in its forms of life that it cannot be conveniently subdivided for the purposes of ...
... fauna , very distinct both positively and negatively from that of the tropical lowland dis- tricts . The rest of Tropical South America is so homogeneous in its forms of life that it cannot be conveniently subdivided for the purposes of ...
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... fauna . The most important and best represented families are , Ranidæ ( true frogs ) , with eleven genera and more than 50 species ; Polypedatida ( tree - frogs ) with seven genera and about 40 species ; Hylidæ ( tree - frogs ) with ...
... fauna . The most important and best represented families are , Ranidæ ( true frogs ) , with eleven genera and more than 50 species ; Polypedatida ( tree - frogs ) with seven genera and about 40 species ; Hylidæ ( tree - frogs ) with ...
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... fauna can be conveyed by the mere enumera- tion of peculiar and 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 ...
... fauna can be conveyed by the mere enumera- tion of peculiar and 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 ...
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... fauna.- Looking at the insects of the Neotropical region as a whole , we are struck with the vast amount of specialty they present ; and , considering how many causes there are which must lead to the dispersal of insects , the number of ...
... fauna.- Looking at the insects of the Neotropical region as a whole , we are struck with the vast amount of specialty they present ; and , considering how many causes there are which must lead to the dispersal of insects , the number of ...
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... fauna ; for out of 18 genera only 5 extend south of the equator , while 6 range from Mexico or the Antilles into Columbia , some of these being only winter immigrants and no genus being exclusively South American . The eastern slopes of ...
... fauna ; for out of 18 genera only 5 extend south of the equator , while 6 range from Mexico or the Antilles into Columbia , some of these being only winter immigrants and no genus being exclusively South American . The eastern slopes of ...
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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