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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 113
... arctic and tropical ; extensive forests and vast prairies ; a greatly varied surface and a rich and beautiful flora . But these great advantages are somewhat neutralized by other physical features . It extends far towards the north ...
... arctic and tropical ; extensive forests and vast prairies ; a greatly varied surface and a rich and beautiful flora . But these great advantages are somewhat neutralized by other physical features . It extends far towards the north ...
Page 116
... Arctic America and Greenland . Among the Rodents are many pecu- liar genera : Neotoma , Sigmodon , and Fiber , belong to the Muridæ , or rats ; Jaculus to the Dipodidæ , or jerboas . The very distinct family Saccomyida , or pouched rats ...
... Arctic America and Greenland . Among the Rodents are many pecu- liar genera : Neotoma , Sigmodon , and Fiber , belong to the Muridæ , or rats ; Jaculus to the Dipodidæ , or jerboas . The very distinct family Saccomyida , or pouched rats ...
Page 122
... probably about as rich as the more extensive Palæ- arctic region . There is , however , very little speciality in the forms . A considerable number of Neotropical types enter the. 122 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... probably about as rich as the more extensive Palæ- arctic region . There is , however , very little speciality in the forms . A considerable number of Neotropical types enter the. 122 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
Page 123
... arctic regions supported a luxuriant vegetation , butterflies would have been plentiful ; and as the cold came on , these would move southwards both in America and Europe , and , owing to the long continuance of the generic types of ...
... arctic regions supported a luxuriant vegetation , butterflies would have been plentiful ; and as the cold came on , these would move southwards both in America and Europe , and , owing to the long continuance of the generic types of ...
Page 124
... are northern forms more or less common to the whole Arctic regions , and several of this character have spread southwards all over the United States . Species of Vitrina , Zonites. 124 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... are northern forms more or less common to the whole Arctic regions , and several of this character have spread southwards all over the United States . Species of Vitrina , Zonites. 124 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belonging birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili China coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico 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 NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region 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 Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand