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 71
... genera being absent , while there is little or nothing but peculiar species to characterize it abso- lutely . This however is not true . The Palearctic region is well characterized by possessing 3 families of vertebrata peculiar to it ...
... genera being absent , while there is little or nothing but peculiar species to characterize it abso- lutely . This however is not true . The Palearctic region is well characterized by possessing 3 families of vertebrata peculiar to it ...
Page 73
... peculiar genera of mammalia , being two - thirds of its whole number ; and 179 peculiar genera of birds , being three - fifths of all it possesses . It is further characterized by the absence of several families and genera which range ...
... peculiar genera of mammalia , being two - thirds of its whole number ; and 179 peculiar genera of birds , being three - fifths of all it possesses . It is further characterized by the absence of several families and genera which range ...
Page 74
... peculiar to itself , while almost all its genera are peculiar . Of these a few show Oriental or Ethiopian affinities , but the remainder are quite isolated . Turning to other classes of animals , we find that the birds are almost as ...
... peculiar to itself , while almost all its genera are peculiar . Of these a few show Oriental or Ethiopian affinities , but the remainder are quite isolated . Turning to other classes of animals , we find that the birds are almost as ...
Page 75
... peculiar families of vertebrata ; by 55 genera of land mammalia , and 165 genera of land birds , altogether confined to it ; these peculiar genera forming in each case about one half of the total number it possesses . Sub - divisions of ...
... peculiar families of vertebrata ; by 55 genera of land mammalia , and 165 genera of land birds , altogether confined to it ; these peculiar genera forming in each case about one half of the total number it possesses . Sub - divisions of ...
Page 77
... peculiar genera of birds which are all allied to Australian types . The fourth , consists of New Zealand with ... genera , and where the genera are peculiar they are most nearly related to Australian types . The preservation in these ...
... peculiar genera of birds which are all allied to Australian types . The fourth , consists of New Zealand with ... genera , and where the genera are peculiar they are most nearly related to Australian types . The preservation in these ...
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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