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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... 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 animals in their true geographical relations . The artist ...
... 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 animals in their true geographical relations . The artist ...
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... characteristic scenery of their native country ; — and in carrying out this object there are probably few artists who would have succeeded better than Mr. Zwecker has done . The general arrangement of the separate parts of which the ...
... characteristic scenery of their native country ; — and in carrying out this object there are probably few artists who would have succeeded better than Mr. Zwecker has done . The general arrangement of the separate parts of which the ...
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... Characteristics of the Palearctic Region ( p . 181 ) -Summary of Pal¿- arctic Vertebrata ( p . 186 ) -Insects ( p . 187 ) -Land - shells ( p . 190 ) -The Pal¿- arctic Sub - regions ( p . 190 ) -Central and Northern Europe ( p . 191 ) ...
... Characteristics of the Palearctic Region ( p . 181 ) -Summary of Pal¿- arctic Vertebrata ( p . 186 ) -Insects ( p . 187 ) -Land - shells ( p . 190 ) -The Pal¿- arctic Sub - regions ( p . 190 ) -Central and Northern Europe ( p . 191 ) ...
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... Characteristic Animals 195 4. Plate II . Characteristic Mammalia of Western Tartary 218 5. Plate III . Characteristic Animals of North China 226 • 6. Map of the Ethiopian Region 251 • 7 . Plate IV . Characteristic Animals of East Africa ...
... Characteristic Animals 195 4. Plate II . Characteristic Mammalia of Western Tartary 218 5. Plate III . Characteristic Animals of North China 226 • 6. Map of the Ethiopian Region 251 • 7 . Plate IV . Characteristic Animals of East Africa ...
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... characteristic genera ; while a third will be mainly distinguished by negative characters . There will also be found many intermediate districts , which possess some of the characteristics of two well - marked regions , with a few ...
... characteristic genera ; while a third will be mainly distinguished by negative characters . There will also be found many intermediate districts , which possess some of the characteristics of two well - marked regions , with a few ...
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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 hy¿nas 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