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 vii
... genera , —as the true wolves ; others to genera , -- as the hyænas , and the bears ; others to portions of families , as the flying squirrels , and the oxen with the bisons ; others to families , as the Mustelidæ , and the Hystricidae ...
... genera , —as the true wolves ; others to genera , -- as the hyænas , and the bears ; others to portions of families , as the flying squirrels , and the oxen with the bisons ; others to families , as the Mustelidæ , and the Hystricidae ...
Page xix
... Genera of Insects ( p . 166 ) -Antiquity of the Genera of Land and Fresh - water Shells ( p . 168 ) 157-170 PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY : A REVIEW OF THE CHIEF FORMS OF LIFE IN THE SEVERAL REGIONS AND SUB - REGIONS , WITH THE INDICA ...
... Genera of Insects ( p . 166 ) -Antiquity of the Genera of Land and Fresh - water Shells ( p . 168 ) 157-170 PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY : A REVIEW OF THE CHIEF FORMS OF LIFE IN THE SEVERAL REGIONS AND SUB - REGIONS , WITH THE INDICA ...
Page 69
... genera of land mammalia are truly arctic : Gulo , Myodes , and Rangifer . Two species of widely dispersed genera are also exclusively arctic , Ursus maritimus and Vulpes lagopus . Exclusively arctic birds are not much more numerous . Of ...
... genera of land mammalia are truly arctic : Gulo , Myodes , and Rangifer . Two species of widely dispersed genera are also exclusively arctic , Ursus maritimus and Vulpes lagopus . Exclusively arctic birds are not much more numerous . Of ...
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... Genera . Peculiar Per genera . centage . Genera . Peculiar Per genera . centage . Palearctic ... 136 Ethiopian 174 Oriental 164 Australian ... 141 30 Neotropical .. 168 44 Nearctic 122 322842 100 35 35 174 57 140 90 64 294 179 12 118 55 ...
... Genera . Peculiar Per genera . centage . Genera . Peculiar Per genera . centage . Palearctic ... 136 Ethiopian 174 Oriental 164 Australian ... 141 30 Neotropical .. 168 44 Nearctic 122 322842 100 35 35 174 57 140 90 64 294 179 12 118 55 ...
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... genera having been described ; but these marine forms are not of much importance for our purpose . Sirenia ( sea - cows ) .- These are represented by two extinct genera , Halitherium and Trachytherium . Several species of the former ...
... genera having been described ; but these marine forms are not of much importance for our purpose . Sirenia ( sea - cows ) .- These are represented by two extinct genera , Halitherium and Trachytherium . Several species of the former ...
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