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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... ETHIOPIAN REGION . Zoological Characteristics of the Ethiopian Region ( p . 252 ) -Summary of Ethio- pian Vertebrates ( p . 255 ) —The Ethiopian Sub - regions ( p . 258 ) —The East African Sub - region , or Central and East Africa ( p ...
... ETHIOPIAN REGION . Zoological Characteristics of the Ethiopian Region ( p . 252 ) -Summary of Ethio- pian Vertebrates ( p . 255 ) —The Ethiopian Sub - regions ( p . 258 ) —The East African Sub - region , or Central and East Africa ( p ...
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... Ethiopian Region 251 • 7 . Plate IV . Characteristic Animals of East Africa 261 8 . Plate V. Scene in West Africa with Characteristic Animals 264 9. Plate VI . Scene in Madagascar with Characteristic Animals 10. Map of the Oriental ...
... Ethiopian Region 251 • 7 . Plate IV . Characteristic Animals of East Africa 261 8 . Plate V. Scene in West Africa with Characteristic Animals 264 9. Plate VI . Scene in Madagascar with Characteristic Animals 10. Map of the Oriental ...
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... Ethiopian Region ; Africa south of the Atlas , Mada- gascar , and the Mascarene Islands , with Southern Arabia . 3. The Indian Region ; including India south of the Hima- layas , to South China , and to Borneo and Java . 4. The ...
... Ethiopian Region ; Africa south of the Atlas , Mada- gascar , and the Mascarene Islands , with Southern Arabia . 3. The Indian Region ; including India south of the Hima- layas , to South China , and to Borneo and Java . 4. The ...
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... Ethiopian regions of Mr. Sclater ; 3rd . the Australian region ( unaltered ) ; 4th . the American region , including both North and South America . These are the regions as described by Mr. Murray , but his coloured map of " Great ...
... Ethiopian regions of Mr. Sclater ; 3rd . the Australian region ( unaltered ) ; 4th . the American region , including both North and South America . These are the regions as described by Mr. Murray , but his coloured map of " Great ...
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... Ethiopian must not be made to include any part of India or Ceylon ; for although the Fauna of Central India has some African affinities , these do not prepon- derate ; and it will not be difficult to show that to follow Mr. Andrew ...
... Ethiopian must not be made to include any part of India or Ceylon ; for although the Fauna of Central India has some African affinities , these do not prepon- derate ; and it will not be difficult to show that to follow Mr. Andrew ...
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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