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 207
... known species being the Greenland whale ( Balæna mys- ticetus ) . Allied species are found in all parts of the southern seas , as far north as the Cape of Good Hope ; while some of the northern species are found off the coast of Spain ...
... known species being the Greenland whale ( Balæna mys- ticetus ) . Allied species are found in all parts of the southern seas , as far north as the Cape of Good Hope ; while some of the northern species are found off the coast of Spain ...
Page 238
... known from Hayti ; Spalacopus , including Schizodon ( 2 sp . ) , Chili , and east side of Southern Andes ; Octodon ... known . Two of the genera are found in South Africa , but all the rest inhabit the continent of South America , East ...
... known from Hayti ; Spalacopus , including Schizodon ( 2 sp . ) , Chili , and east side of Southern Andes ; Octodon ... known . Two of the genera are found in South Africa , but all the rest inhabit the continent of South America , East ...
Page 469
... known as those of the Temperate Zones , the Staphylinidæ , the smaller Elateridæ , and many other obscure and minute groups , are very imperfectly represented from extra - European countries . I therefore propose to examine with some ...
... known as those of the Temperate Zones , the Staphylinidæ , the smaller Elateridæ , and many other obscure and minute groups , are very imperfectly represented from extra - European countries . I therefore propose to examine with some ...
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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