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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... types , which characterise neotropical zoology to a degree nowhere else to be met with . Together with this variety and richness , there is a remarkable uniformity of animal life over all the tropical continental portions of the region ...
... types , which characterise neotropical zoology to a degree nowhere else to be met with . Together with this variety and richness , there is a remarkable uniformity of animal life over all the tropical continental portions of the region ...
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... types . It has eight families of Mammalia absolutely confined to it , besides several others which are rare elsewhere . These consist of two families of monkeys , Cebidae and Hapalid¿ , both abounding in genera and species ; the ...
... types . It has eight families of Mammalia absolutely confined to it , besides several others which are rare elsewhere . These consist of two families of monkeys , Cebidae and Hapalid¿ , both abounding in genera and species ; the ...
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... type quadrupeds . Distinctive Characters of Neotropical Birds . - The birds which are especially characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine VOL . II . - 2 birds which ...
... type quadrupeds . Distinctive Characters of Neotropical Birds . - The birds which are especially characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine VOL . II . - 2 birds which ...
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... type of a family , but perhaps of an extinct order of birds . Pass- ing on to the waders , we have a number of peculiar family types , all indicative of antiquity and isolation . The Cariama of the plains of Brazil , a bird somewhat ...
... type of a family , but perhaps of an extinct order of birds . Pass- ing on to the waders , we have a number of peculiar family types , all indicative of antiquity and isolation . The Cariama of the plains of Brazil , a bird somewhat ...
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... types . Three fami- lies , and three sub - family groups are peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotid¿ , a family which includes the electric eels ...
... types . Three fami- lies , and three sub - family groups are peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotid¿ , a family which includes the electric eels ...
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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