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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... region ; and 225 of these are peculiar . Only 2 are common to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions exclusively , and 3 to the Neotropical and Australian . The most extensive genera are the elegant Ibidion ( 80 sp . ) ; the richly ...
... region ; and 225 of these are peculiar . Only 2 are common to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions exclusively , and 3 to the Neotropical and Australian . The most extensive genera are the elegant Ibidion ( 80 sp . ) ; the richly ...
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... Neotropical region is probably the richest on the globe in Terrestrial Mollusca , but this is owing , not to any extreme productiveness of the equatorial parts of the continent , where almost all other forms of life ... NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... Neotropical region is probably the richest on the globe in Terrestrial Mollusca , but this is owing , not to any extreme productiveness of the equatorial parts of the continent , where almost all other forms of life ... NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... NEOTROPICAL SUB - REGIONS . In the concluding part of this work devoted to geographical zoology , the sub - regions are arranged in the order best adapted to exhibit them in a tabular form , and to show the ... NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... NEOTROPICAL SUB - REGIONS . In the concluding part of this work devoted to geographical zoology , the sub - regions are arranged in the order best adapted to exhibit them in a tabular form , and to show the ... NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... Neotropical region as a whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an indication of the more important groups which , on the one hand , are confined to it , and on the other are ...
... Neotropical region as a whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an indication of the more important groups which , on the one hand , are confined to it , and on the other are ...
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... regions also occur here , so that out of about 680 genera of Neotropical land- birds more than 500 are represented in this sub - region . Without entering minutely into the distribution of species it is difficult to sub - divide this ...
... regions also occur here , so that out of about 680 genera of Neotropical land- birds more than 500 are represented in this sub - region . Without entering minutely into the distribution of species it is difficult to sub - divide this ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belong birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Hemisphere 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 PALEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata 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