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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... possesses moles , hedgehogs and true fly- catchers . Equally striking are the facts presented by the distribution of many large and important groups of animals . Marsupials ( opossums , phalangers & c . ) are found from temperate Van ...
... possesses moles , hedgehogs and true fly- catchers . Equally striking are the facts presented by the distribution of many large and important groups of animals . Marsupials ( opossums , phalangers & c . ) are found from temperate Van ...
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... possess no powers of flight , such as the ostrich , cassowary , and apteryx , are in exactly the same position as mammalia as regards their means of dispersal , or are perhaps even inferior to them ; since , although they are able to ...
... possess no powers of flight , such as the ostrich , cassowary , and apteryx , are in exactly the same position as mammalia as regards their means of dispersal , or are perhaps even inferior to them ; since , although they are able to ...
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... possess no indigenous mammals , land rep- tiles are also generally wanting . The several groups of these ani- mals , however , differ considerably both in their means of dispersal and in their power of resisting adverse conditions ...
... possess no indigenous mammals , land rep- tiles are also generally wanting . The several groups of these ani- mals , however , differ considerably both in their means of dispersal and in their power of resisting adverse conditions ...
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... possess . Means of Dispersal of Fishes . — The fact that the same species of freshwater fish often inhabit distinct river systems , proves that they have some means of dispersal over land . The many authentic accounts of fish falling ...
... possess . Means of Dispersal of Fishes . — The fact that the same species of freshwater fish often inhabit distinct river systems , proves that they have some means of dispersal over land . The many authentic accounts of fish falling ...
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... and South Africa . Again , the West Indian islands possess very few Mammalia , all of small size and allied to those of America , except one 11. OF ILL LIB . genus ; and that belongs to an Order , " E 2 CHAP . IV . ] 51 ZOOLOGICAL REGIONS .
... and South Africa . Again , the West Indian islands possess very few Mammalia , all of small size and allied to those of America , except one 11. OF ILL LIB . genus ; and that belongs to an Order , " E 2 CHAP . IV . ] 51 ZOOLOGICAL REGIONS .
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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