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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Page 75
... distribution . They may be supposed to be the remnants of types , now dying out , which were once , like Callichroma , Clytus , and many others , almost universally dis- tributed . All the peculiar Antillean genera of Cerambycidæ and La ...
... distribution . They may be supposed to be the remnants of types , now dying out , which were once , like Callichroma , Clytus , and many others , almost universally dis- tributed . All the peculiar Antillean genera of Cerambycidæ and La ...
Page 192
... distribution among the Insectivora ... distributed over the earth - with the exception of the Australian region and the island sub - region of Madagascar and the Antilles - universally ; ranging from. 192 [ PART IV . GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY .
... distribution among the Insectivora ... distributed over the earth - with the exception of the Australian region and the island sub - region of Madagascar and the Antilles - universally ; ranging from. 192 [ PART IV . GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY .
Page 193
... universally ; ranging from the torrid zone to the Arctic regions and the Straits of Magellan . They are so uniform in their organization that many naturalists group them all under one genus , Felis ; but it is now more usual to class at ...
... universally ; ranging from the torrid zone to the Arctic regions and the Straits of Magellan . They are so uniform in their organization that many naturalists group them all under one genus , Felis ; but it is now more usual to class at ...
Page 226
... Distribution of the Ungulata . With the exception of the Australian region , from which this order of mammalia is almost entirely wanting , the Ungulata are almost universally distributed over the continental parts of all the other ...
... Distribution of the Ungulata . With the exception of the Australian region , from which this order of mammalia is almost entirely wanting , the Ungulata are almost universally distributed over the continental parts of all the other ...
Page 229
... universally distributed over the globe ( even not reckon- ing the domestic species which have been introduced almost everywhere by man ) , the exceptions being the three insular groups belonging to the Australian region , from none of ...
... universally distributed over the globe ( even not reckon- ing the domestic species which have been introduced almost everywhere by man ) , the exceptions being the three insular groups belonging to the Australian region , from none of ...
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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