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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... 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 a variety of ...
... 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 a variety of ...
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... possesses hardly any positive distinctions ; but there are several of a negative character , many important groups being wholly confined to South America . On the other hand many genera range into Mexico and Guatemala from the north ...
... possesses hardly any positive distinctions ; but there are several of a negative character , many important groups being wholly confined to South America . On the other hand many genera range into Mexico and Guatemala from the north ...
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... possesses no less than 23 families wholly confined within its limits , with 7 others which only extend into the Nearc- tic region . The names of the peculiar families are : Cærebidæ , or sugar - birds ; Phytotomidæ , or plant - cutters ...
... possesses no less than 23 families wholly confined within its limits , with 7 others which only extend into the Nearc- tic region . The names of the peculiar families are : Cærebidæ , or sugar - birds ; Phytotomidæ , or plant - cutters ...
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... possesses no peculiar family , nor even one confined to the American continent . The families of most restricted ... possess but a single genus each , and only two of them ( Chirocolidæ and Cercosauridae ) have more than a single species ...
... possesses no peculiar family , nor even one confined to the American continent . The families of most restricted ... possess but a single genus each , and only two of them ( Chirocolidæ and Cercosauridae ) have more than a single species ...
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... possesses representatives of sixteen . families of Amphibia of which four are peculiar ; all belonging to Anoura or tail - less Batrachians . The Cæciliadæ or snake - like amphibia , are represented by two peculiar genera , Siphonopsis ...
... possesses representatives of sixteen . families of Amphibia of which four are peculiar ; all belonging to Anoura or tail - less Batrachians . The Cæciliadæ or snake - like amphibia , are represented by two peculiar genera , Siphonopsis ...
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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