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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... confined to Tropical South America and Australia , and Platycerus which is Palæarctic and Nearctic , with one species in Brazil . The most remarkable genus is undoubtedly Chiasogna- thus , confined to Chili . These are large insects of ...
... confined to Tropical South America and Australia , and Platycerus which is Palæarctic and Nearctic , with one species in Brazil . The most remarkable genus is undoubtedly Chiasogna- thus , confined to Chili . These are large insects of ...
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... confined ( in the western hemisphere ) to North America , and almost to the Nearctic region . Of the 95 genera , no ... confined to the large islands , 1 to the whole archipelago , while 2 are limited to the Lesser Antilles ; 2 genera of ...
... confined ( in the western hemisphere ) to North America , and almost to the Nearctic region . Of the 95 genera , no ... confined to the large islands , 1 to the whole archipelago , while 2 are limited to the Lesser Antilles ; 2 genera of ...
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... confined to the west coast of North America . The Bovidæ , or hollow - horned ruminants , contain three peculiar forms ; Antilocapra , the re- markable prong - buck of the Rocky Mountains ; Aplocerus , a goat- like antelope ; and Ovibos ...
... confined to the west coast of North America . The Bovidæ , or hollow - horned ruminants , contain three peculiar forms ; Antilocapra , the re- markable prong - buck of the Rocky Mountains ; Aplocerus , a goat- like antelope ; and Ovibos ...
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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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia Australian region belong birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Central America Ceylon characteristic Chili coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The 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 Mexico and Guatemala 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 SUB-REGIONS Oriental region ORIENTAL SUB-REGIONS 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 universally distributed Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand