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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Page ix
... altitude above the sea level , and the strongly contrasted character of the surface as regards vege- tation - a primary condition for the support of animal life . I therefore designed a series of six maps of the regions PREFACE . ix.
... altitude above the sea level , and the strongly contrasted character of the surface as regards vege- tation - a primary condition for the support of animal life . I therefore designed a series of six maps of the regions PREFACE . ix.
Page x
... character of some well - marked division of a region . Great care has been taken to associate in the pictures , such species only as do actually occur together in nature ; so that each plate represents a scene which is , at all events ...
... character of some well - marked division of a region . Great care has been taken to associate in the pictures , such species only as do actually occur together in nature ; so that each plate represents a scene which is , at all events ...
Page xi
... characters for the information of the scientific zoolo- gist , but merely to give as accurate an idea as possible , of some of the more remarkable and more restricted types of beast and bird , amid the characteristic scenery of their ...
... characters for the information of the scientific zoolo- gist , but merely to give as accurate an idea as possible , of some of the more remarkable and more restricted types of beast and bird , amid the characteristic scenery of their ...
Page xx
... Character of the Fauna of Japan ( p . 230 ) -General Conclusions as to the Fauna of the Palæ- arctic Region ( p . 231 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Palæ- arctic Region ( p . 234 ) —Table II . List of the Genera of ...
... Character of the Fauna of Japan ( p . 230 ) -General Conclusions as to the Fauna of the Palæ- arctic Region ( p . 231 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Palæ- arctic Region ( p . 234 ) —Table II . List of the Genera of ...
Page xxi
... Character of the Flora ( p . 462 ) -Concluding Remarks on the Early History of the Austra- lian Region ( p . 464 ) —Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Australian Region ( p . 468 ) —Table II . Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and ...
... Character of the Flora ( p . 462 ) -Concluding Remarks on the Early History of the Austra- lian Region ( p . 464 ) —Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Australian Region ( p . 468 ) —Table II . Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and ...
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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