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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... ORIENTAL REGION . Zoological Characteristics of the Oriental Region ( p . 315 ) -Summary of Oriental Vertebrata ( p . 318 ) -The Oriental Sub - regions ( p . 321 ) -Hindostan , or Indian Sub - region ( p . 321 ) -Range of the Genera of ...
... ORIENTAL REGION . Zoological Characteristics of the Oriental Region ( p . 315 ) -Summary of Oriental Vertebrata ( p . 318 ) -The Oriental Sub - regions ( p . 321 ) -Hindostan , or Indian Sub - region ( p . 321 ) -Range of the Genera of ...
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... Oriental 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 ...
... Oriental 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 ...
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... Oriental Region . - On account of the numerous objections that have been made to naming a region from the least charac- teristic portion of it , and not thinking " Malayan , " proposed by Mr. Blanford , a good term , ( as it has a very ...
... Oriental Region . - On account of the numerous objections that have been made to naming a region from the least charac- teristic portion of it , and not thinking " Malayan , " proposed by Mr. Blanford , a good term , ( as it has a very ...
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... Oriental ...... 1. Hindostan ( or Central Ind . ) , Transition to Ethiopian . 2. Ceylon . 3. Indo - China ( or Himalayas ) Transition to Palearctic . 4. Indo - Malaya . IV . Australian ... 1. Austro - Malaya . 2. Australia . 3 ...
... Oriental ...... 1. Hindostan ( or Central Ind . ) , Transition to Ethiopian . 2. Ceylon . 3. Indo - China ( or Himalayas ) Transition to Palearctic . 4. Indo - Malaya . IV . Australian ... 1. Austro - Malaya . 2. Australia . 3 ...
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... Oriental and Ethiopian genera Pycnonotus and Nectarinea are found here , while Bessornis and Dromolaa are characteristically Ethiopian . Almost all the other genera are Palearctic . Persia is another remote region generally associated ...
... Oriental and Ethiopian genera Pycnonotus and Nectarinea are found here , while Bessornis and Dromolaa are characteristically Ethiopian . Almost all the other genera are Palearctic . Persia is another remote region generally associated ...
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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