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. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 52
... Mexico comprised much territory that belongs to the Nearctic region , and that many Nearctic groups extend along the high - lands to the capital city of Mexico itself , and even considerably further south , there is much difficulty in ...
... Mexico comprised much territory that belongs to the Nearctic region , and that many Nearctic groups extend along the high - lands to the capital city of Mexico itself , and even considerably further south , there is much difficulty in ...
Page 54
... Mexico and Guatemala ; and another genus , Claudius , has been lately described from Mexico . Amphibia . These are chiefly Batrachians ; Rhinophryna ( forming a peculiar family ) being confined to Mexico ; Triprion , a genus of Hylidæ ...
... Mexico and Guatemala ; and another genus , Claudius , has been lately described from Mexico . Amphibia . These are chiefly Batrachians ; Rhinophryna ( forming a peculiar family ) being confined to Mexico ; Triprion , a genus of Hylidæ ...
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... Mexico , having been largely collected , offer us some valuable evidence as to the relations of this sub - region . Their general character is wholly Neotropical , about one half of the VOL . II . - 5 South American genera being found ...
... Mexico , having been largely collected , offer us some valuable evidence as to the relations of this sub - region . Their general character is wholly Neotropical , about one half of the VOL . II . - 5 South American genera being found ...
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... Mexico , but there are a considerable number , comprising many of the most characteristic South American forms , which do not pass north of Costa Rica or Nicaragua . Such are Lycorea , Ituna , Thyridia , Callithomia , Oleria and ...
... Mexico , but there are a considerable number , comprising many of the most characteristic South American forms , which do not pass north of Costa Rica or Nicaragua . Such are Lycorea , Ituna , Thyridia , Callithomia , Oleria and ...
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... Mexico or Guatemala , while 12 more stop short , as far as yet known , at Nicaragua . Lamiidæ have a very similar distribution ; 13 genera are peculiar , the most important being Monilema , Hamatoderus , and Carneades , while Phaa and ...
... Mexico or Guatemala , while 12 more stop short , as far as yet known , at Nicaragua . Lamiidæ have a very similar distribution ; 13 genera are peculiar , the most important being Monilema , Hamatoderus , and Carneades , while Phaa and ...
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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