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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... considerable barrier to their migration . Thus , on the two sides of the Andes and Rocky Mountains in America , almost all the mammalia , birds , and insects are of distinct species . To a less extent , the Alps and Pyrenees form a ...
... considerable barrier to their migration . Thus , on the two sides of the Andes and Rocky Mountains in America , almost all the mammalia , birds , and insects are of distinct species . To a less extent , the Alps and Pyrenees form a ...
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... considerable extent of sea , although many can swim well for short distances . The jaguar traverses the widest streams in South America , and the bear and bison cross the Mississippi ; and there can be no doubt that they could swim over ...
... considerable extent of sea , although many can swim well for short distances . The jaguar traverses the widest streams in South America , and the bear and bison cross the Mississippi ; and there can be no doubt that they could swim over ...
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... considerable distances , but we have no evidence to show how long they could live at sea or how many miles they could traverse . Squirrels , rats , and lemmings often migrate from northern countries in bands of thousands and hundreds of ...
... considerable distances , but we have no evidence to show how long they could live at sea or how many miles they could traverse . Squirrels , rats , and lemmings often migrate from northern countries in bands of thousands and hundreds of ...
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... considerable spaces of sea , since two North American species either regularly or occasionally visit the Bermudas , a distance of 600 miles from the mainland . The oceanic mammals ( whales and porpoises ) seem to have no barrier but ...
... considerable spaces of sea , since two North American species either regularly or occasionally visit the Bermudas , a distance of 600 miles from the mainland . The oceanic mammals ( whales and porpoises ) seem to have no barrier but ...
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... considerable number do reach the Azores , fully half way across ; so that their absence can hardly be due to the prevailing winds being westerly . The case of the Azores is , however , an argument for the unassisted passage of birds for ...
... considerable number do reach the Azores , fully half way across ; so that their absence can hardly be due to the prevailing winds being westerly . The case of the Azores is , however , an argument for the unassisted passage of birds for ...
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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