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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... important bearing of researches into the natural history of every part of the world , upon the study of its past history . An accurate knowledge of any groups of birds or of insects and of their geographical dis- tribution , may enable ...
... important bearing of researches into the natural history of every part of the world , upon the study of its past history . An accurate knowledge of any groups of birds or of insects and of their geographical dis- tribution , may enable ...
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... important information . this Taking advantage of the recent extension of our knowledge of the depths of the great oceans , I determined to give upon map a summary of our knowledge of the contours of the ocean bed , by means of tints of ...
... important information . this Taking advantage of the recent extension of our knowledge of the depths of the great oceans , I determined to give upon map a summary of our knowledge of the contours of the ocean bed , by means of tints of ...
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... important articles of Part IV . ( and especially the observations at the end of each order ) after Part II . , thus making Part III . the conclusion of the work . Part IV . is , in fact , a book of reference , in which the distri ...
... important articles of Part IV . ( and especially the observations at the end of each order ) after Part II . , thus making Part III . the conclusion of the work . Part IV . is , in fact , a book of reference , in which the distri ...
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... important and well established genus of land- animal may be at once discovered ; -information now scattered through hundreds of volumes . In the difficult matters of synonymy , and the orthography of generic names , I have been guided ...
... important and well established genus of land- animal may be at once discovered ; -information now scattered through hundreds of volumes . In the difficult matters of synonymy , and the orthography of generic names , I have been guided ...
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... important omissions , or corrections of any misstatements of fact ; as well as copies of any of their papers or essays , and especially of any lists , catalogues , and monographs , containing information on the classification or ...
... important omissions , or corrections of any misstatements of fact ; as well as copies of any of their papers or essays , and especially of any lists , catalogues , and monographs , containing information on the classification or ...
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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