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. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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Page 69
... classed as " arctic , " which does not exclusively inhabit or greatly prepon- derate in arctic lands . For the purpose of establishing the need of an " arctic " zoological region , we should consider chiefly such groups as are ...
... classed as " arctic , " which does not exclusively inhabit or greatly prepon- derate in arctic lands . For the purpose of establishing the need of an " arctic " zoological region , we should consider chiefly such groups as are ...
Page 337
... classed with the " musk - deer , " owing to their similar tusk - like upper canines ; but their anatomy shows them to form quite a distinct family , having more resemblance to the camels . On the branch above is the curious feather ...
... classed with the " musk - deer , " owing to their similar tusk - like upper canines ; but their anatomy shows them to form quite a distinct family , having more resemblance to the camels . On the branch above is the curious feather ...
Page 338
... classed with the jays , in Corvida ; Prionochilus , a curious form classed with Dicæida ; Erythrura ( Ploceida ) , extending eastwards to the Fiji Islands ; Gymnops , Calornis , ( Sturnida ) ; Eurylamus , Corydon , and Calyp- tomena ...
... classed with the jays , in Corvida ; Prionochilus , a curious form classed with Dicæida ; Erythrura ( Ploceida ) , extending eastwards to the Fiji Islands ; Gymnops , Calornis , ( Sturnida ) ; Eurylamus , Corydon , and Calyp- tomena ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 10 |
Means of Dispersal of Mammalia p 10Climate as a Limit to the Range | 17 |
CHAPTER III | 35 |
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absence abundant Abyssinia affinities Africa and Madagascar allied Amphibia animals antelopes arctic Asia Austral Australia Australian region Austro-Malaya beetles 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 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 region Papuan 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