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 vi
... I may refer to Mr. Andrew Murray's large and valuable work on the Geographical Distribution of Mammalia , in which an immense number of coloured maps are used to illustrate the distribution of various groups of animals vi PREFACE .
... I may refer to Mr. Andrew Murray's large and valuable work on the Geographical Distribution of Mammalia , in which an immense number of coloured maps are used to illustrate the distribution of various groups of animals vi PREFACE .
Page vii
... various groups of animals . These maps are not confined to groups of any fixed rank , but are devoted to a selection of groups of various grades . Some show the range of single species of a genus - as the lion , the tiger , the puma ...
... various groups of animals . These maps are not confined to groups of any fixed rank , but are devoted to a selection of groups of various grades . Some show the range of single species of a genus - as the lion , the tiger , the puma ...
Page viii
... various known or inferred changes in the organic and physical environment . This systematic review of the distribution of families and genera , now forms the last part of my book - Geographical Zoology ; but it was nearly the first ...
... various known or inferred changes in the organic and physical environment . This systematic review of the distribution of families and genera , now forms the last part of my book - Geographical Zoology ; but it was nearly the first ...
Page xviii
... Various Zoological Regions proposed since 1857 ( p . 58 ) -Discussion of proposed Regions ( p 61 ) -Reasons for adopting the Six Regions first proposed by Mr. Sclater ( p . 63 ) -Objections to the system of Circumpolar Zones ( p . 67 ) ...
... Various Zoological Regions proposed since 1857 ( p . 58 ) -Discussion of proposed Regions ( p 61 ) -Reasons for adopting the Six Regions first proposed by Mr. Sclater ( p . 63 ) -Objections to the system of Circumpolar Zones ( p . 67 ) ...
Page xix
... VARIOUS EXTINCT ANIMALS ; AND ON THE ANTIQUITY OF THE GENERA OF INSECTS AND LAND - MOLLUSCA . Extinct Mammalia of Australia ( p . 157 ) —Mammalian Remains of the Secondary Formations ( p . 159 ) -Extinct Birds ( p . 160 ) -Palearctic ...
... VARIOUS EXTINCT ANIMALS ; AND ON THE ANTIQUITY OF THE GENERA OF INSECTS AND LAND - MOLLUSCA . Extinct Mammalia of Australia ( p . 157 ) —Mammalian Remains of the Secondary Formations ( p . 159 ) -Extinct Birds ( p . 160 ) -Palearctic ...
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