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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... Sea level to 1,000 feet White 1,000 feet to 2,500 2,500 5,000 10,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 厦 Valdivia Chiloe f Cuvaba مترو 20 30 Papas SPaulo Parima CHIO JANIERO S. Paulo Crib Paranagua FR Grande S. Catharina Alegre Uruguay S.Pedro R.de ...
... Sea level to 1,000 feet White 1,000 feet to 2,500 2,500 5,000 10,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 厦 Valdivia Chiloe f Cuvaba مترو 20 30 Papas SPaulo Parima CHIO JANIERO S. Paulo Crib Paranagua FR Grande S. Catharina Alegre Uruguay S.Pedro R.de ...
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... sea , separating the large islands of Guiana , Brazil , and the Andes . From these concurrent favourable conditions , there has resulted that inexhaustible variety of generic and specific forms with a somewhat limited range of family ...
... sea , separating the large islands of Guiana , Brazil , and the Andes . From these concurrent favourable conditions , there has resulted that inexhaustible variety of generic and specific forms with a somewhat limited range of family ...
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... Sea . NEOTROPICAL SUB - REGIONS . In the concluding part of this work devoted to geographical zoology , the sub - regions are arranged in the order best adapted to exhibit them in a tabular form , and to show the affinities of the ...
... Sea . NEOTROPICAL SUB - REGIONS . In the concluding part of this work devoted to geographical zoology , the sub - regions are arranged in the order best adapted to exhibit them in a tabular form , and to show the affinities of the ...
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... sea separating the Andean chain from the great islands of Brazil and Guiana , and formed that enormous extent of fertile lowland forest , which has created a great continent ; given space for the free interaction of the distinct faunas ...
... sea separating the Andean chain from the great islands of Brazil and Guiana , and formed that enormous extent of fertile lowland forest , which has created a great continent ; given space for the free interaction of the distinct faunas ...
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... sea ; and Mr. Darwin is of opinion , not only that the islands have never been more nearly con- nected with the mainland than at present , but that they have never been connected among themselves . They are situated on the Equator , in a ...
... sea ; and Mr. Darwin is of opinion , not only that the islands have never been more nearly con- nected with the mainland than at present , but that they have never been connected among themselves . They are situated on the Equator , in a ...
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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