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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... Forest with 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 ...
... Forest with 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 ...
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... Forest Desert The boundaries and reference numbers of the Sub - regions are shewn in Red . Desolation Tierra del Fuego pt & R. Desire GPt S. Julian P & RS.Gruz Falkland sa Magalhaen Str . 8 C.Horn 50 Stanley Falkland Is . S. Georgia 120 ...
... Forest Desert The boundaries and reference numbers of the Sub - regions are shewn in Red . Desolation Tierra del Fuego pt & R. Desire GPt S. Julian P & RS.Gruz Falkland sa Magalhaen Str . 8 C.Horn 50 Stanley Falkland Is . S. Georgia 120 ...
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... forests . It further possesses a grand mountain range , rivalling the Himalayas in altitude and far surpassing them in extent , and which , being wholly situated within the region and running through eighty degrees of latitude , offers ...
... forests . It further possesses a grand mountain range , rivalling the Himalayas in altitude and far surpassing them in extent , and which , being wholly situated within the region and running through eighty degrees of latitude , offers ...
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... forest - clad , most of the genera are found on both sides . To the south of this line its western valleys are arid and its lower plains almost deserts ; and thus the absence ... forests are essential ,. 4 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... forest - clad , most of the genera are found on both sides . To the south of this line its western valleys are arid and its lower plains almost deserts ; and thus the absence ... forests are essential ,. 4 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... forests are essential , can be traced to the unsuitable conditions rather than to the existence of the mountain barrier . All Tropical South America , therefore , is here considered to form but one sub - region . The portion of North ...
... forests are essential , can be traced to the unsuitable conditions rather than to the existence of the mountain barrier . All Tropical South America , therefore , is here considered to form but one sub - region . The portion of North ...
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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