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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Page 5
... less remarkable is the absence of many wide- spread groups . With the exception of one genus in the West Indian islands and a Sorex which reaches Guatemala and Costa Rica , the Insectivora are wholly wanting ; as is also the extensive ...
... less remarkable is the absence of many wide- spread groups . With the exception of one genus in the West Indian islands and a Sorex which reaches Guatemala and Costa Rica , the Insectivora are wholly wanting ; as is also the extensive ...
Page 7
... less opposable thumb ; and the absence of cheek- pouches , ischial callosities , and a bony ear - tube . The Hapalid¿ , or marmozets , agree with the Cebidae in all these characters , but have others in addition which still more widely ...
... less opposable thumb ; and the absence of cheek- pouches , ischial callosities , and a bony ear - tube . The Hapalid¿ , or marmozets , agree with the Cebidae in all these characters , but have others in addition which still more widely ...
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... less perfectly developed than the great mass of Old World passeres ) are exclusively American , the three belonging to the Eastern hemisphere being of small extent . Another group of ten families - our " Tanagroid Passeres , " are ...
... less perfectly developed than the great mass of Old World passeres ) are exclusively American , the three belonging to the Eastern hemisphere being of small extent . Another group of ten families - our " Tanagroid Passeres , " are ...
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... less Batrachians . The C¿ciliad¿ or snake - like amphibia , are represented by two peculiar genera , Siphonopsis and Rhinatrema . Tailed Batrachians are almost unknown , only a few species of Spelerpes ( Salamandrida ) enter- ing ...
... less Batrachians . The C¿ciliad¿ or snake - like amphibia , are represented by two peculiar genera , Siphonopsis and Rhinatrema . Tailed Batrachians are almost unknown , only a few species of Spelerpes ( Salamandrida ) enter- ing ...
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... 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 that 162 families are altogether absent . It has also ...
... 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 that 162 families are altogether absent . It has also ...
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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