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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... globe , by the small pro- portion of its surface occupied by deserts , by the large proportion of its lowlands , and by the altogether unequalled extent and luxuriance of its tropical forests . It further possesses a grand mountain ...
... globe , by the small pro- portion of its surface occupied by deserts , by the large proportion of its lowlands , and by the altogether unequalled extent and luxuriance of its tropical forests . It further possesses a grand mountain ...
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... globe , and the persistence through countless ages of all the conditions requisite for the development and increase of varied forms of animal life . Passing on to the parrot tribe , we find the peculiar family of the Conuridæ , of which ...
... globe , and the persistence through countless ages of all the conditions requisite for the development and increase of varied forms of animal life . Passing on to the parrot tribe , we find the peculiar family of the Conuridæ , of which ...
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... that nothing elsewhere on the globe at all resembles them . In Lycænidæ the world- wide genus Thecla is wonderfully developed , and the South American species not only surpass all others in size and. 14 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... that nothing elsewhere on the globe at all resembles them . In Lycænidæ the world- wide genus Thecla is wonderfully developed , and the South American species not only surpass all others in size and. 14 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... present ; and , considering how many causes there are which must lead to the dispersal of insects , the number of its groups which are scattered over the globe is not nearly so great as we. 18 [ PART . III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... present ; and , considering how many causes there are which must lead to the dispersal of insects , the number of its groups which are scattered over the globe is not nearly so great as we. 18 [ PART . III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... globe . Land Shells . - The Neotropical region is probably the richest on the globe in Terrestrial Mollusca , but this is owing , not to any extreme productiveness of the equatorial parts of the continent , where almost all other forms ...
... globe . Land Shells . - The Neotropical region is probably the richest on the globe in Terrestrial Mollusca , but this is owing , not to any extreme productiveness of the equatorial parts of the continent , where almost all other forms ...
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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