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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... remarkable uniformity of animal life over all the tropical continental portions of the region , so that its division into sub - regions is a matter of some difficulty . There is , however , no doubt about separating the West Indian ...
... remarkable uniformity of animal life over all the tropical continental portions of the region , so that its division into sub - regions is a matter of some difficulty . There is , however , no doubt about separating the West Indian ...
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... 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 and ...
... 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 and ...
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... remarkable structural divergences presented by the Neotropical mammalia . In the Picariæ , we have first , the toucans ( Rhamphastida ) ; an extraordinary and beautiful family , whose enormous gaily- coloured bills and long feathered ...
... remarkable structural divergences presented by the Neotropical mammalia . In the Picariæ , we have first , the toucans ( Rhamphastida ) ; an extraordinary and beautiful family , whose enormous gaily- coloured bills and long feathered ...
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... remarkable , a fuller representation of the whole series of families . Out of the 16 families of butter- flies in all parts of the world , 13 are found here , and 3 of these are wholly peculiar - Brassolidæ , Heliconidæ , and Eurygonidæ ...
... remarkable , a fuller representation of the whole series of families . Out of the 16 families of butter- flies in all parts of the world , 13 are found here , and 3 of these are wholly peculiar - Brassolidæ , Heliconidæ , and Eurygonidæ ...
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... remarkable . Melinca , Napeogenes , Ceratina and Dircenna are more gaily coloured , and are among the chief ornaments of the forests . The Satyridæ are repre- sented by 25 peculiar genera , many of great beauty ; the most remarkable and ...
... remarkable . Melinca , Napeogenes , Ceratina and Dircenna are more gaily coloured , and are among the chief ornaments of the forests . The Satyridæ are repre- sented by 25 peculiar genera , many of great beauty ; the most remarkable and ...
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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