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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Page 13
... whole . These numbers and pro- portions are far higher than in the case of any other region . Insects . The Neotropical region is so excessively rich in insect life , it so abounds in peculiar groups , in forms of exquisite beauty , and ...
... whole . These numbers and pro- portions are far higher than in the case of any other region . Insects . The Neotropical region is so excessively rich in insect life , it so abounds in peculiar groups , in forms of exquisite beauty , and ...
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... whole family . Leptostylus has a single species in New Zealand ; Acanthoderes has one species in Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the ...
... whole family . Leptostylus has a single species in New Zealand ; Acanthoderes has one species in Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the ...
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... whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an indication of the more important groups which , on the one hand , are confined to it , and on the other are absent ; together with ...
... whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an indication of the more important groups which , on the one hand , are confined to it , and on the other are absent ; together with ...
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... whole period of the existence of the islands , would suffice to account for the present fauna . Insects have arrived much more frequently ; and this is in accordance with their habits , their lower specific gravity , their power of ...
... whole period of the existence of the islands , would suffice to account for the present fauna . Insects have arrived much more frequently ; and this is in accordance with their habits , their lower specific gravity , their power of ...
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... whole American continent and is found in Patagonia ; Geckotidæ by four genera , two of which , - Caudiverbera and Homonota - are peculiar to Chili , while Sphæ- rodactylus and Cubina are Neotropical , the former ranging to Patagonia ...
... whole American continent and is found in Patagonia ; Geckotidæ by four genera , two of which , - Caudiverbera and Homonota - are peculiar to Chili , while Sphæ- rodactylus and Cubina are Neotropical , the former ranging to Patagonia ...
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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