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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... belong to groups which are either pecu- liar to , or very characteristic of , the region whose zoology they illustrate ; and it is hoped that these pictures will of themselves serve to convey a notion of the varied types of the higher ...
... belong to groups which are either pecu- liar to , or very characteristic of , the region whose zoology they illustrate ; and it is hoped that these pictures will of themselves serve to convey a notion of the varied types of the higher ...
Page xi
... belong to Part III . It was at first intended to place this part last , but as this arrangement would have brought all the illustrations into the second volume , its place was changed , -perhaps in other respects for the better , as it ...
... belong to Part III . It was at first intended to place this part last , but as this arrangement would have brought all the illustrations into the second volume , its place was changed , -perhaps in other respects for the better , as it ...
Page 57
... belong . We should therefore construct our typical or standard Zoological Regions in the first place , from a consideration of the distribution of mammalia , only bringing to our aid the distribution of other groups to determine ...
... belong . We should therefore construct our typical or standard Zoological Regions in the first place , from a consideration of the distribution of mammalia , only bringing to our aid the distribution of other groups to determine ...
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... belong respectively to America and Europe . Neither is there any zoological difficulty ; for the land mam- malia and birds are on the whole wonderfully restricted to their respective regions even in high latitudes ; and the aquatic ...
... belong respectively to America and Europe . Neither is there any zoological difficulty ; for the land mam- malia and birds are on the whole wonderfully restricted to their respective regions even in high latitudes ; and the aquatic ...
Page 76
... hand , we leave out all those areas which undoubtedly belong to other regions , we reduce Lemuria to Madagascar and its adjacent islands , which , for reasons already stated , it 76 [ PART 1 . DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS .
... hand , we leave out all those areas which undoubtedly belong to other regions , we reduce Lemuria to Madagascar and its adjacent islands , which , for reasons already stated , it 76 [ 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