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 253
... possesses 7 pecu- liar genera of apes , Troglodytes , Colobus , Myiopithecus Cerco- pithecus , Cercocebus , Theropithecus , and Cynocephalus ; 2 sub- families of lemurs containing 6 genera , confined to Madagascar , with 3 genera of two ...
... possesses 7 pecu- liar genera of apes , Troglodytes , Colobus , Myiopithecus Cerco- pithecus , Cercocebus , Theropithecus , and Cynocephalus ; 2 sub- families of lemurs containing 6 genera , confined to Madagascar , with 3 genera of two ...
Page 315
... possesses examples of 35 families of Mammalia , 71 of Birds , 35 of Reptiles , 9 of Amphibia , and 13 of Fresh - water Fishes . Of these 163 families , 12 are peculiar to the region ; namely , Tarsiidæ , Galeopithecida , and Tupaiidæ ...
... possesses examples of 35 families of Mammalia , 71 of Birds , 35 of Reptiles , 9 of Amphibia , and 13 of Fresh - water Fishes . Of these 163 families , 12 are peculiar to the region ; namely , Tarsiidæ , Galeopithecida , and Tupaiidæ ...
Page 441
... possess no peculiar genus of birds except Eudyptes , one of the penguins . West Australia has no wholly peculiar genus ... possesses nothing to mark it off zoologically from the adjacent parts of the main land . It is probable that its ...
... possess no peculiar genus of birds except Eudyptes , one of the penguins . West Australia has no wholly peculiar genus ... possesses nothing to mark it off zoologically from the adjacent parts of the main land . It is probable that its ...
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