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... families and comprising all the true " singing - birds , " is poorly represented in America ; no family being exclusively Neotropical , and only three being at all fully represented in South America , though they comprise the great mass ...
... families and comprising all the true " singing - birds , " is poorly represented in America ; no family being exclusively Neotropical , and only three being at all fully represented in South America , though they comprise the great mass ...
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... family of birds , without being profoundly impressed with the vast antiquity of the South American continent , its long isolation from the rest of the land surface of the globe , and the persistence through countless ages of all the ...
... family of birds , without being profoundly impressed with the vast antiquity of the South American continent , its long isolation from the rest of the land surface of the globe , and the persistence through countless ages of all the ...
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... families Varanidæ , Lacertidæ , and Agamidæ , are absent from the entire American continent . In the order Crocodilia , America has the peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatoride ) , as well as several species of true crocodiles ...
... families Varanidæ , Lacertidæ , and Agamidæ , are absent from the entire American continent . In the order Crocodilia , America has the peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatoride ) , as well as several species of true crocodiles ...
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... family groups are peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centridæ , with two genera ; Gymnotidæ , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays ...
... family groups are peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centridæ , with two genera ; Gymnotidæ , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays ...
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... family , Hesperidæ , is also wonderfully developed here , the species being excessively nu- merous , while some of them redeem the character of this generally sober family , by their rich and elegant coloration . In the only other group ...
... family , Hesperidæ , is also wonderfully developed here , the species being excessively nu- merous , while some of them redeem the character of this generally sober family , by their rich and elegant coloration . In the only other group ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belong birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Central America Ceylon characteristic Chili coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Hemisphere Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Plate Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand
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Page 159 - regions, not only now but as far back as we can clearly trace them in the past; and, secondly, of the existing radical diversity of the Australian region from the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere. Owing to the much greater extent of the old
Page 61 - to the great Central American isthmus; yet instead of exhibiting an intermixture of the productions of Florida and Venezuela, they differ widely from both these countries, possessing in some groups a degree of speciality only to be found elsewhere in islands far removed from any continent. They consist of two very large islands, Cuba and
Page 552 - catalogued on a uniform plan, and with a uniform nomenclature, a thoroughly satisfactory account of the Geographical Distribution of Animals will not be possible. But more than this is wanted. Many of the most curious relations between animal forms and their habitats, are entirely unnoticed, owing to the productions of the same locality
Page 553 - harmony of nature, and to a fuller comprehension of the complex relations and mutual interdependence, which link together every animal and vegetable form, with the ever-changing earth which supports them, into one grand organic whole.
Page 9 - the South American continent, its long isolation from the rest of the land surface of the globe, and the persistence through countless ages of all the conditions requisite for the development and increase of varied forms of animal life.
Page 81 - probably formed part of Central America, and may have been united with Yucatan and Honduras in one extensive tropical land. But their separation from the continent ; took place at a remote period, and they have since been broken up into numerous islands, which have probably undergone much submergence in recent times. This has led to that poverty of the higher forms of life, combined
Page 5 - combined with isolation is the predominant feature of Neotropical zoology, and no other region can approach it in the number of its peculiar family and generic types.
Page 342 - islands and sand-banks, and can evidently pass over a few miles of sea with ease; but the Nicobar bird is a very different case, because none of the numerous intervening islands offer a single example of the family. Instead of being a well-marked