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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... recently Extinct ( p . 369 ) -General Remarks on the Distri- bution of the Struthiones ( p . 370 ) 255-371 CHAPTER XIX . THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIA . Ophidia ( p . 372 ) -General Remarks on the ...
... recently Extinct ( p . 369 ) -General Remarks on the Distri- bution of the Struthiones ( p . 370 ) 255-371 CHAPTER XIX . THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIA . Ophidia ( p . 372 ) -General Remarks on the ...
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... recent , and that they came from the Old World by way of North America ( vol . i . , p . 155 ) . But the numerous and deep - seated peculiarities of many other of its mammalia , would indicate a very remote origin ; and a long ...
... recent , and that they came from the Old World by way of North America ( vol . i . , p . 155 ) . But the numerous and deep - seated peculiarities of many other of its mammalia , would indicate a very remote origin ; and a long ...
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... recent Catalogue of Gemminger and Harold , it is credited with 516 genera , 489 of which are peculiar to it ; while it has only 5 genera in common ( exclusively ) with the Nearctic , and 4 ( in the same way ) with the Australian region ...
... recent Catalogue of Gemminger and Harold , it is credited with 516 genera , 489 of which are peculiar to it ; while it has only 5 genera in common ( exclusively ) with the Nearctic , and 4 ( in the same way ) with the Australian region ...
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... recent estimates show that the Antilles contain more species of land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all continental America , north and south . Mr. Thomas Bland , who has long studied American ...
... recent estimates show that the Antilles contain more species of land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all continental America , north and south . Mr. Thomas Bland , who has long studied American ...
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... Recent researches in the islands have increased the number of land - birds to thirty - two , and of wading and aquatic birds to twenty - three . All the land birds but two or three are peculiar to the islands , and eighteen , or ...
... Recent researches in the islands have increased the number of land - birds to thirty - two , and of wading and aquatic birds to twenty - three . All the land birds but two or three are peculiar to the islands , and eighteen , or ...
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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