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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... inhabit the Sub . region of Hindostan ( p . 322 ) —Oriental , Palæarctic , and Ethiopian Genera of Birds in Central India ( p . 224 ) -Sub - region of Ceylon and South India ( p . 326 ) —The Past History of Ceylon and South India , as ...
... inhabit the Sub . region of Hindostan ( p . 322 ) —Oriental , Palæarctic , and Ethiopian Genera of Birds in Central India ( p . 224 ) -Sub - region of Ceylon and South India ( p . 326 ) —The Past History of Ceylon and South India , as ...
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... inhabit every other part of the world , not excepting Australia . Antelopes are found only in Africa and Asia ; the sloths only in South America ; the true lemurs are confined to Madagascar , and the birds - of - paradise to New Guinea ...
... inhabit every other part of the world , not excepting Australia . Antelopes are found only in Africa and Asia ; the sloths only in South America ; the true lemurs are confined to Madagascar , and the birds - of - paradise to New Guinea ...
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... inhabit- ing many of the highest mountains of the globe ; of which the European ibex and mouflon are striking examples . Rivers are equally necessary to the existence of others , as the beaver , otter , water - vole and capybara ; and ...
... inhabit- ing many of the highest mountains of the globe ; of which the European ibex and mouflon are striking examples . Rivers are equally necessary to the existence of others , as the beaver , otter , water - vole and capybara ; and ...
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... inhabit almost all the tropical regions but do not range more than about 10 ° beyond the southern and 12 ° beyond ... inhabits the Himalayan mountains to a height of 11,000 feet , where it has been seen leaping among fir - trees loaded ...
... inhabit almost all the tropical regions but do not range more than about 10 ° beyond the southern and 12 ° beyond ... inhabits the Himalayan mountains to a height of 11,000 feet , where it has been seen leaping among fir - trees loaded ...
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... inhabit . In South America a large number of the birds have their ranges determined by the ex- tent of the forest country , while others are equally limited to the open plains . Such species are also bounded by mountain ranges whenever ...
... inhabit . In South America a large number of the birds have their ranges determined by the ex- tent of the forest country , while others are equally limited to the open plains . Such species are also bounded by mountain ranges whenever ...
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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