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 |
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... Region ( p . 362 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Oriental Region ( p . 365 ) — Table II . Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds in the Oriental Re- gion ( p . 371 ) 314-386 · CHAPTER XIII . THE AUSTRALIAN REGION ...
... Region ( p . 362 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Oriental Region ( p . 365 ) — Table II . Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds in the Oriental Re- gion ( p . 371 ) 314-386 · CHAPTER XIII . THE AUSTRALIAN REGION ...
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... Region 181 3. Plate I. The Alps of Central Europe with Characteristic Animals 195 4. Plate II . Characteristic ... Australian Region 387 15. Plate X. Scene in New Guinea with Characteristic Animals . 415 16. Plate XI . The Characteristic ...
... Region 181 3. Plate I. The Alps of Central Europe with Characteristic Animals 195 4. Plate II . Characteristic ... Australian Region 387 15. Plate X. Scene in New Guinea with Characteristic Animals . 415 16. Plate XI . The Characteristic ...
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... Australian Region ; including Celebes and Lombock , eastward to Australia and the Pacific Islands . 5. The Nearctic Region ; including Greenland , and N. America , to Northern Mexico . 6. The Neotropical Region ; including South America ...
... Australian Region ; including Celebes and Lombock , eastward to Australia and the Pacific Islands . 5. The Nearctic Region ; including Greenland , and N. America , to Northern Mexico . 6. The Neotropical Region ; including South America ...
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... regions are only four : 1st . The Palearctic region of Mr. Sclater , extended to include the Sahara and Nubia ; 2nd . the Indo - African region , including the Indian and Ethiopian regions of Mr. Sclater ; 3rd . the Australian region ...
... regions are only four : 1st . The Palearctic region of Mr. Sclater , extended to include the Sahara and Nubia ; 2nd . the Indo - African region , including the Indian and Ethiopian regions of Mr. Sclater ; 3rd . the Australian region ...
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... Australian region of Mr. Sclater without New Zealand and the Pacific Islands , which form 7. the Polynesian region . Mr. Blyth thinks this is " a true classifi- cation of zoological regions as regards mammalia and birds . " In an ...
... Australian region of Mr. Sclater without New Zealand and the Pacific Islands , which form 7. the Polynesian region . Mr. Blyth thinks this is " a true classifi- cation of zoological regions as regards mammalia and birds . " In an ...
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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