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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... present . There are , no doubt , con- siderable differences in various parts of its vast area , due partly to its having been once separated into three or more islands , in part to existing diversities of physical conditions ; and more ...
... present . There are , no doubt , con- siderable differences in various parts of its vast area , due partly to its having been once separated into three or more islands , in part to existing diversities of physical conditions ; and more ...
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... characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine VOL . II . - 2 birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of. CHAP . XIV . ] THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine VOL . II . - 2 birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of. CHAP . XIV . ] THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... present . It must be sufficient to say 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 ...
... present . It must be sufficient to say 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 ...
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... present no remarkable features ; but Sclerognathus and Leptino- ptera are the most extensive . Cetoniidæ . - These magnificent insects are but poorly repre- sented in America ; the species being mostly of sombre colours . There are 14 ...
... present no remarkable features ; but Sclerognathus and Leptino- ptera are the most extensive . Cetoniidæ . - These magnificent insects are but poorly repre- sented in America ; the species being mostly of sombre colours . There are 14 ...
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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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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