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 xviii
... Fauna characterise an independent Region ( p . 68 ) -Palæarctic Region ( p . 71 ) Ethiopian Region ( p . 73 ) -Oriental Region ( p . 75 ) -- Australian Re- gion ( p . 77 ) -Neotropical Region ( p.78 ) -Nearctic Region ( p . 79 ) ...
... Fauna characterise an independent Region ( p . 68 ) -Palæarctic Region ( p . 71 ) Ethiopian Region ( p . 73 ) -Oriental Region ( p . 75 ) -- Australian Re- gion ( p . 77 ) -Neotropical Region ( p.78 ) -Nearctic Region ( p . 79 ) ...
Page xix
... Fauna of the Brazilian Caves ( p . 143 ) -Pliocene Period of Tem- perate South America ( p . 146 ) -Pliocene Mammalia of the Antilles ( p . 148 ) --- Eocene Fauna of South America ( p . 148 ) -General Remarks on the Extinct Mammalian Fauna ...
... Fauna of the Brazilian Caves ( p . 143 ) -Pliocene Period of Tem- perate South America ( p . 146 ) -Pliocene Mammalia of the Antilles ( p . 148 ) --- Eocene Fauna of South America ( p . 148 ) -General Remarks on the Extinct Mammalian Fauna ...
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... 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 Terrestrial Mammalia ...
... 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 Terrestrial Mammalia ...
Page xxi
... Fauna ( p . 420 ) -Timor Group ( p . 422 ) — Celebes Group ( p . 426 ) —Origin of the Fauna of Celebes ( p . 436 ) - Australia and Tasmania , or the Australian Sub - region ( p . 438 ) -The Pacific Islands , or Polynesian Sub - region ...
... Fauna ( p . 420 ) -Timor Group ( p . 422 ) — Celebes Group ( p . 426 ) —Origin of the Fauna of Celebes ( p . 436 ) - Australia and Tasmania , or the Australian Sub - region ( p . 438 ) -The Pacific Islands , or Polynesian Sub - region ...
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... fauna , and give to the orni- thology of Hindostan at this season quite a European aspect . The peculiar species of the higher Himalayas do not as a rule descend to the plains in winter , but merely come lower down the mountains ; and ...
... fauna , and give to the orni- thology of Hindostan at this season quite a European aspect . The peculiar species of the higher Himalayas do not as a rule descend to the plains in winter , but merely come lower down the mountains ; 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