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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... perhaps additional sub - regions . A large proportion of the genera , how- ever , when sufficiently numerous in species , range over almost the whole extent of this sub - region wherever the conditions are favourable . Even the Andes do ...
... perhaps additional sub - regions . A large proportion of the genera , how- ever , when sufficiently numerous in species , range over almost the whole extent of this sub - region wherever the conditions are favourable . Even the Andes do ...
Page 6
... perhaps been more minutely subdivided than in the case of other entire tropical regions . Distinctive Characters of Neotropical Mammalia . - It is im- portant also to consider the kind and amount of difference between the various animal ...
... perhaps been more minutely subdivided than in the case of other entire tropical regions . Distinctive Characters of Neotropical Mammalia . - It is im- portant also to consider the kind and amount of difference between the various animal ...
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... 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 intermediate between a ...
... 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 intermediate between a ...
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... perhaps the grandest development of the butterfly type , being of immense size and adorned with the most brilliant azure tints , which in some species attain a splendour of metallic lustre unsurpassed in nature . The Brassolidæ are even ...
... perhaps the grandest development of the butterfly type , being of immense size and adorned with the most brilliant azure tints , which in some species attain a splendour of metallic lustre unsurpassed in nature . The Brassolidæ are even ...
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... perhaps extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms , are 8 genera of bats ; 3 peculiar forms of wild dog ; Pteronura , a genus of otters ; Inia , a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the Amazon ...
... perhaps extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms , are 8 genera of bats ; 3 peculiar forms of wild dog ; Pteronura , a genus of otters ; Inia , a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the Amazon ...
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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