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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Page xviii
... Nearctic Region ( p . 79 ) -- Observations on the series of Sub - regions ( p . 80 ) . 50-82 CHAPTER V. CLASSIFICATION AS AFFECTING THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION . Classification of the Mammalia ( p . 85 ) -Classification of ...
... Nearctic Region ( p . 79 ) -- Observations on the series of Sub - regions ( p . 80 ) . 50-82 CHAPTER V. CLASSIFICATION AS AFFECTING THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION . Classification of the Mammalia ( p . 85 ) -Classification of ...
Page 59
... Nearctic Region ; including Greenland , and N. America , to Northern Mexico . 6. The Neotropical Region ; including South America , the Antilles , and Southern Mexico . This division of the earth received great support from Dr. Günther ...
... Nearctic Region ; including Greenland , and N. America , to Northern Mexico . 6. The Neotropical Region ; including South America , the Antilles , and Southern Mexico . This division of the earth received great support from Dr. Günther ...
Page 60
... Nearctic provinces . In 1866 , Mr. Andrew Murray published a large and copiously illustrated volume on the Geographical Distribution of Mam- mals , in which he maintains that the great and primary mammalian regions are only four : 1st ...
... Nearctic provinces . In 1866 , Mr. Andrew Murray published a large and copiously illustrated volume on the Geographical Distribution of Mam- mals , in which he maintains that the great and primary mammalian regions are only four : 1st ...
Page 63
... Nearctic regions was much greater than it is , this mode of dealing with it would be objectionable ; but it is still more so , when we find that these countries have a strongly marked South American character , and that the north- ern ...
... Nearctic regions was much greater than it is , this mode of dealing with it would be objectionable ; but it is still more so , when we find that these countries have a strongly marked South American character , and that the north- ern ...
Page 64
... " 9 99 " " III . Indian 31 93 " " IV . Australian 14 V. Neotropical " , 39 99 26 99 دو دو دو " " " " " " " " 99 39 VI . Nearctic 23 " " 99 دو " " We see , then , that even the exceedingly rich 64 [ PART 1 . DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS .
... " 9 99 " " III . Indian 31 93 " " IV . Australian 14 V. Neotropical " , 39 99 26 99 دو دو دو " " " " " " " " 99 39 VI . Nearctic 23 " " 99 دو " " We see , then , that even the exceedingly rich 64 [ PART 1 . DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS .
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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