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 vii
... represented by some of the more important genera . In making these observations I by no means intend to criticise Mr. Murray's book , but merely to illustrate by an example , the method which has been hitherto employed , and which seems ...
... represented by some of the more important genera . In making these observations I by no means intend to criticise Mr. Murray's book , but merely to illustrate by an example , the method which has been hitherto employed , and which seems ...
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... represented over the whole area , by countless minute modifications of form adapted to local conditions . 2. One great physical barrier would , however , even then exist ; the hot equatorial zone would divide the faunas and floras of ...
... represented over the whole area , by countless minute modifications of form adapted to local conditions . 2. One great physical barrier would , however , even then exist ; the hot equatorial zone would divide the faunas and floras of ...
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... represented in each of Mr. Sclater's regions is as follows : I. Palearctic region has 31 families of terrestrial mammalia . II . Ethiopian 40 19 " 9 99 " " III . Indian 31 93 " " IV . Australian 14 V. Neotropical " , 39 99 26 99 دو دو ...
... represented in each of Mr. Sclater's regions is as follows : I. Palearctic region has 31 families of terrestrial mammalia . II . Ethiopian 40 19 " 9 99 " " III . Indian 31 93 " " IV . Australian 14 V. Neotropical " , 39 99 26 99 دو دو ...
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... represented . The distinction between the characteristic forms of life in tropical and cold countries is , on the whole , very strongly marked in the northern hemisphere ; and to refuse to recognise this in a sub- division of the earth ...
... represented . The distinction between the characteristic forms of life in tropical and cold countries is , on the whole , very strongly marked in the northern hemisphere ; and to refuse to recognise this in a sub- division of the earth ...
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... represented , and that in all its essential features Central India is wholly Oriental in its fauna . Before leaving ... represents what was probably a primary Zoological region in some past geological epoch ; but what that epoch was and ...
... represented , and that in all its essential features Central India is wholly Oriental in its fauna . Before leaving ... represents what was probably a primary Zoological region in some past geological epoch ; but what that epoch was and ...
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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