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 123
... types enter the southern States ; but there are hardly any peculiar genera , except one of the Lycaenidae and perhaps a few among the Hesperida . The most conspicuous feature of the region is its fine group of Papilios , belonging to types ...
... types enter the southern States ; but there are hardly any peculiar genera , except one of the Lycaenidae and perhaps a few among the Hesperida . The most conspicuous feature of the region is its fine group of Papilios , belonging to types ...
Page 155
... types of vertebrata from the lowest to the highest . In the Southern Hemisphere there appear to have been three consider- able and very ancient land masses , varying in extent from time to time , but always keeping distinct from each ...
... types of vertebrata from the lowest to the highest . In the Southern Hemisphere there appear to have been three consider- able and very ancient land masses , varying in extent from time to time , but always keeping distinct from each ...
Page 160
... type ; and probably of the higher forms of insects and land - molluscs . Whether the Nearctic region ever formed one ... types from the old Palearctic and Oriental lands that it now rivals , or even surpasses , the Oriental region in its ...
... type ; and probably of the higher forms of insects and land - molluscs . Whether the Nearctic region ever formed one ... types from the old Palearctic and Oriental lands that it now rivals , or even surpasses , the Oriental region in its ...
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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