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 300
... latter all the rest of the earth , we find that the Old World possesses exclusively 23 families , the New World exclusively 14 , of which 5 are common to North and South America . But if we take the division proposed by Professor Huxley ...
... latter all the rest of the earth , we find that the Old World possesses exclusively 23 families , the New World exclusively 14 , of which 5 are common to North and South America . But if we take the division proposed by Professor Huxley ...
Page 408
... latter country . The genera are : — Peltocephalus ( 1 sp . ) , Podocnemis ( 6 sp . ) , Hydromedusa ( 4 sp . ) , Chelys ( 1 sp . ) , and Platemys ( 16 sp . ) , inhabiting South America from the Orinooko to the La Plata , the latter genus ...
... latter country . The genera are : — Peltocephalus ( 1 sp . ) , Podocnemis ( 6 sp . ) , Hydromedusa ( 4 sp . ) , Chelys ( 1 sp . ) , and Platemys ( 16 sp . ) , inhabiting South America from the Orinooko to the La Plata , the latter genus ...
Page 474
... latter reaches the Moluccas . Cethosia , Cirrhochroa , Messaras , and Symph¿dra , are both Oriental and Australian ; while Junonia , Cyrestis , Diadema , Neptis , and Nymphalis , are common to the three tropical regions of the Fastern ...
... latter reaches the Moluccas . Cethosia , Cirrhochroa , Messaras , and Symph¿dra , are both Oriental and Australian ; while Junonia , Cyrestis , Diadema , Neptis , and Nymphalis , are common to the three tropical regions of the Fastern ...
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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