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. köide

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Hafner Publishing Company, 1962

Contents

General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region p 5Distinctive Charac
15
in fish of many strange forms and peculiar types Three fami
16
Past History of the Neotropical Region p 80Table I Families of Animals
91
THE NEARCTIC REGION
113
Zoological Characteristics of the Nearctic Region p 115List of Typical
120
nian Subregion p 127The Rocky Mountain Subregion p 129The
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CHAPTER XVI
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PART IV
165
Ophidia p 372 General Remarks on the Distribution of Ophidia p 386
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CHAPTER XX
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Acanthopterygii p 424Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi p 437Anacan
460
THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT FAMILIES
468
Lepidoptera p 470General Remarks on the Distribution of the Diurnal Lepi
486
CHAPTER XXII
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Cephalopoda p 505Gasteropoda p 507Pulmonifera p 512General
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Mammalia p 540Lines of Migration of the Mammalia p 544Birds p 545
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Primates p 170General Remarks on the Distribution of Primates p 179
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Passcres p 255General Remarks on the Distribution of the Passeres p 299
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CHAPTER XIX
372
GENERAL INDEX
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