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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... consist of any number of stations , but rarely of more than one habitat . Stations , however , are often so extensive as to include the entire range of many species . Such are the great seas and oceans , the Siberian or the Amazonian ...
... consist of any number of stations , but rarely of more than one habitat . Stations , however , are often so extensive as to include the entire range of many species . Such are the great seas and oceans , the Siberian or the Amazonian ...
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... birds have occurred in Europe , most of them in Britain and Heligo- land . They consist chiefly of migratory birds which in autumn • return along the eastern coasts of the United States , 16 [ PART I. DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS .
... birds have occurred in Europe , most of them in Britain and Heligo- land . They consist chiefly of migratory birds which in autumn • return along the eastern coasts of the United States , 16 [ PART I. DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS .
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... consists essentially of only three masses : the American , the Asia - African , and the Australian . The two former are only separated by thirty - six miles of shallow sea- at Behring's Straits , so that it is possible to go from Cape ...
... consists essentially of only three masses : the American , the Asia - African , and the Australian . The two former are only separated by thirty - six miles of shallow sea- at Behring's Straits , so that it is possible to go from Cape ...
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... consisting of the remaining part of South America . 3. The Ethiopian region ; comprising besides that region of Mr. Sclater , the valley of the Jordan , Arabia , and the desert country towards India , with all the plains and table lands ...
... consisting of the remaining part of South America . 3. The Ethiopian region ; comprising besides that region of Mr. Sclater , the valley of the Jordan , Arabia , and the desert country towards India , with all the plains and table lands ...
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... consisting of Mada- gascar and its adjacent islands . 5. The Austral - Asian region ; which is the Indian region of Mr. Sclater without the portion taken to be added to the Ethiopian region . 6. The Melanesian region ; which is the ...
... consisting of Mada- gascar and its adjacent islands . 5. The Austral - Asian region ; which is the Indian region of Mr. Sclater without the portion taken to be added to the Ethiopian region . 6. The Melanesian region ; which is the ...
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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