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, 1. köideHarper and brothers, 1876 - 503 pages |
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... ASIA MINOR Astrakhan Caucasus Ural R کی محمد الیا Caspian Sea Urals T Aral Sea R. оъ R.Irtish L.Balkhash Pyrenees Madrid ALGERIA TRIPOLI EGYPT Azores Charleston o Bermudas Madeira Atlas M ts MAROCCO Canary 01 West 22,950 Bahamas India ...
... ASIA MINOR Astrakhan Caucasus Ural R کی محمد الیا Caspian Sea Urals T Aral Sea R. оъ R.Irtish L.Balkhash Pyrenees Madrid ALGERIA TRIPOLI EGYPT Azores Charleston o Bermudas Madeira Atlas M ts MAROCCO Canary 01 West 22,950 Bahamas India ...
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... Asia ( p . 123 ) -Eocene Period ( p . 124 ) -- General Considerations on the Extinct Mammalian Fauna of Europe ( p . 126 ) 107-128 • CHAPTER VII . EXTINCT MAMMALIA OF THE NEW WORLD . xviii CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME .
... Asia ( p . 123 ) -Eocene Period ( p . 124 ) -- General Considerations on the Extinct Mammalian Fauna of Europe ( p . 126 ) 107-128 • CHAPTER VII . EXTINCT MAMMALIA OF THE NEW WORLD . xviii CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME .
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... Asia ( p . 216 ) -Japan and North China , or the Manchurian Sub - region ( p . 220 ) -Birds ( p . 223 ) -Insects ( p . 227 ) -Remarks on the General Character of the Fauna of Japan ( p . 230 ) -General Conclusions as to the Fauna of the ...
... Asia ( p . 216 ) -Japan and North China , or the Manchurian Sub - region ( p . 220 ) -Birds ( p . 223 ) -Insects ( p . 227 ) -Remarks on the General Character of the Fauna of Japan ( p . 230 ) -General Conclusions as to the Fauna of the ...
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... Asia | N. America . 99 245 , last line , insert in 2nd column ( 6 ) . 309 , line 20 , for Motacilla read Budytes . ,, 327 , 12 lines from foot , after Hindostan read and . 99 331 , last line , for Icthyopsis read Icthyophis . " " 340 ...
... Asia | N. America . 99 245 , last line , insert in 2nd column ( 6 ) . 309 , line 20 , for Motacilla read Budytes . ,, 327 , 12 lines from foot , after Hindostan read and . 99 331 , last line , for Icthyopsis read Icthyophis . " " 340 ...
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... Asia ; the sloths only in South America ; the true lemurs are confined to Madagascar , and the birds - of - paradise to New Guinea . If we examine more closely the distribution of animals in any extensive region , we find that different ...
... Asia ; the sloths only in South America ; the true lemurs are confined to Madagascar , and the birds - of - paradise to New Guinea . If we examine more closely the distribution of animals in any extensive region , we find that different ...
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absence abundant Abyssinia affinities Africa and Madagascar allied Amphibia animals antelopes Arctic Asia Austral Australia Australian region Austro-Malaya belong birds Borneo Burmah Carnivora Celebes Central Ceylon characteristic China climate Coleoptera confined Cosmopolite Cosmopolite Cosmopolite deposits distribution east Eastern Hemisphere Eocene epoch Ethiop Ethiopian Ethiopian region Europe European excl existing extend extinct fauna forests Formosa genera genus geographical globe groups Guinea Himalayas hyænas India Indo-Malay inhabit Insectivora insects Japan Java land land-birds large number less lizards Madagascar Malacca Malay Malaya Malayan mammalia migration Miocene Miocene period Moluccas mountains Nearctic Neotropical North northern occur ocean Oriental genus Oriental region Palearctic Palearctic genus Palearctic region peculiar forms peculiar genera peculiar genus peculiar species perhaps Pliocene possesses Post-Pliocene probably range recent regions but Australian remarkable represented reptiles rhinoceros South America southern sub-region Sumatra Tasmania temperate Tertiary Thibet Timor Tropical Africa tropical regions types whole region wholly Zealand zoological regions