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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... portion of my time . After much consideration , and some abortive trials , an outline plan of the book was matured ; and as this is , so far as I am aware , quite novel , it will be well to give a few of the reasons for adopting it ...
... portion of my time . After much consideration , and some abortive trials , an outline plan of the book was matured ; and as this is , so far as I am aware , quite novel , it will be well to give a few of the reasons for adopting it ...
Page vii
... portions of families , as the flying squirrels , and the oxen with the bisons ; others to families , as the Mustelidæ , and the Hystricidae ; and others to groups of families or to orders , -as the Insectivora , and the opossums with ...
... portions of families , as the flying squirrels , and the oxen with the bisons ; others to families , as the Mustelidæ , and the Hystricidae ; and others to groups of families or to orders , -as the Insectivora , and the opossums with ...
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... portion of it has some peculiarities in its animal productions . If we want to find certain birds or certain insects , we have not only to choose the right season but to go to the right place . If we travel beyond our district in ...
... portion of it has some peculiarities in its animal productions . If we want to find certain birds or certain insects , we have not only to choose the right season but to go to the right place . If we travel beyond our district in ...
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... portions of the earth soon showed that this explanation was quite insufficient ; for it was found that countries exceed- ingly similar in climate and all physical features may yet have very distinct animal populations . The equatorial ...
... portions of the earth soon showed that this explanation was quite insufficient ; for it was found that countries exceed- ingly similar in climate and all physical features may yet have very distinct animal populations . The equatorial ...
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... portion being permanent residents than in corresponding latitudes in Europe . Thus , in Massachusetts there are only about 30 species of birds which are resident all the year , while the regular summer visitors are 106. Comparing with ...
... portion being permanent residents than in corresponding latitudes in Europe . Thus , in Massachusetts there are only about 30 species of birds which are resident all the year , while the regular summer visitors are 106. Comparing with ...
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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