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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... genera and species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidae ... peculiar to the Neotropical region ; but in using this number as a basis of ... genera , comprising more than half the species , have the prehensile tail , the ...
... genera and species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidae ... peculiar to the Neotropical region ; but in using this number as a basis of ... genera , comprising more than half the species , have the prehensile tail , the ...
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... peculiar families , and several others which only range into the Nearctic region , as well as a very large number of pecu- liar or characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features ...
... peculiar families , and several others which only range into the Nearctic region , as well as a very large number of pecu- liar or characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features ...
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... peculiar genera , -Dermatemys and Stau- rotypus belonging to the former family , -Peltocephalus , Podo- cnemis , Hydromedusa , and Chelys , to the latter . Some of the Amazon river - turtles of the genus Podocnemys rival in size the ...
... peculiar genera , -Dermatemys and Stau- rotypus belonging to the former family , -Peltocephalus , Podo- cnemis , Hydromedusa , and Chelys , to the latter . Some of the Amazon river - turtles of the genus Podocnemys rival in size the ...
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... peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotidæ , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays , which are ...
... peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotidæ , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays , which are ...
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... 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 representatives of 131 genera of Mammalia of ...
... 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 representatives of 131 genera of Mammalia 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