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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... widely from all other birds . The Galbulidæ or jacamars , the motmots ( Momotida ) , and the curious little todies ( Todidae ) of the Antilles , are also isolated groups . But most remarkable of all is the wonderful family of the ...
... widely from all other birds . The Galbulidæ or jacamars , the motmots ( Momotida ) , and the curious little todies ( Todidae ) of the Antilles , are also isolated groups . But most remarkable of all is the wonderful family of the ...
Page 9
... widely distributed , not a direct communication between the southern continents . The Tinamidæ or tinamous , point to a still more remote antiquity , since their nearest allies are believed to be the Struthiones or ostrich tribe , of ...
... widely distributed , not a direct communication between the southern continents . The Tinamidæ or tinamous , point to a still more remote antiquity , since their nearest allies are believed to be the Struthiones or ostrich tribe , of ...
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... also fairly represen- ted . All these families are widely distributed , but the Neotropi- cal genera are , in almost every case , peculiar . Fresh - water fishes . - The great rivers of. CHAP . XIV . ] 11 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... also fairly represen- ted . All these families are widely distributed , but the Neotropi- cal genera are , in almost every case , peculiar . Fresh - water fishes . - The great rivers of. CHAP . XIV . ] 11 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... widely from the generally sombre - tinted forms of the rest of the world . The delicate transparent - winged Ithomias of which 160 species are described , are the most remarkable . Melinca , Napeogenes , Ceratina and Dircenna are more ...
... widely from the generally sombre - tinted forms of the rest of the world . The delicate transparent - winged Ithomias of which 160 species are described , are the most remarkable . Melinca , Napeogenes , Ceratina and Dircenna are more ...
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... widely from the glossy and gaily coloured Agaristas , which are typical of the family in the East . Coleoptera . This is so vast a subject that , as in the case of the regions already treated , we must confine our attention to a few of ...
... widely from the glossy and gaily coloured Agaristas , which are typical of the family in the East . Coleoptera . This is so vast a subject that , as in the case of the regions already treated , we must confine our attention to a few 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