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, 2. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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Page 367
... Distribution of the Anseres . The Anseres , or Swimmers , being truly aquatic birds , possess , as might be expected , a large number of cosmopolitan families and genera . No less than 5 out of the 8 families have a world- wide distribution ...
... Distribution of the Anseres . The Anseres , or Swimmers , being truly aquatic birds , possess , as might be expected , a large number of cosmopolitan families and genera . No less than 5 out of the 8 families have a world- wide distribution ...
Page 508
... DISTRIBUTION . - The Cones are universally distributed , but this applies only to the genus Pleurotoma . Conus is tropical and sub - tropical , and Cithara is confined to the Philippine Islands . There are about 460 fossil species ...
... DISTRIBUTION . - The Cones are universally distributed , but this applies only to the genus Pleurotoma . Conus is tropical and sub - tropical , and Cithara is confined to the Philippine Islands . There are about 460 fossil species ...
Page 528
... distribution of existing species only . On The general conclusion we arrive at , therefore , is , that the causes that have led to the existing distribution of the genera and higher groups of the terrestrial mollusca are so complex ...
... distribution of existing species only . On The general conclusion we arrive at , therefore , is , that the causes that have led to the existing distribution of the genera and higher groups of the terrestrial mollusca are so complex ...
Contents
General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region p 5Distinctive Charac | 15 |
Past History of the Neotropical Region p 80Table I Families of Animals | 91 |
THE NEARCTIC REGION | 113 |
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