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 62
... orders are represented ; rodents , by peculiar forms of a South American family ; and insectivora ( an order entirely wanting in South America ) by a genus belonging to a family largely developed in Madagascar and found nowhere else ...
... orders are represented ; rodents , by peculiar forms of a South American family ; and insectivora ( an order entirely wanting in South America ) by a genus belonging to a family largely developed in Madagascar and found nowhere else ...
Page 80
... order of Mammalia of low type ( Insectivora ) once very extensive and wide - spread , but which has begun to die out , and which has left a number of curious and isolated forms thinly scattered over three - fourths of the globe . The ...
... order of Mammalia of low type ( Insectivora ) once very extensive and wide - spread , but which has begun to die out , and which has left a number of curious and isolated forms thinly scattered over three - fourths of the globe . The ...
Page 85
... Order and Family . Chili . Brazil . Mexico . Antilles . MAMMALIA . PRIMATES . 4. Cebida 5. Hapalida CHIROPTERA . 10. Phyllostomida 12. Vespertilionidæ 13. Noctilionidæ ... INSECTIVORA . Centetidæ CARNIVORA . 23. Felidæ 28. Canidæ 29 ...
... Order and Family . Chili . Brazil . Mexico . Antilles . MAMMALIA . PRIMATES . 4. Cebida 5. Hapalida CHIROPTERA . 10. Phyllostomida 12. Vespertilionidæ 13. Noctilionidæ ... INSECTIVORA . Centetidæ CARNIVORA . 23. Felidæ 28. Canidæ 29 ...
Page 86
... Order and Family . Range beyond the Region . Cosmopolite Nearctic All regions but Australian Africa Ethiopian Nearctic All regions but Australian RODENTIA . 55. Murida 59. Saccomyidæ 61. Sciuridæ ... 63. Chinchillida 64. Octodontida 65 ...
... Order and Family . Range beyond the Region . Cosmopolite Nearctic All regions but Australian Africa Ethiopian Nearctic All regions but Australian RODENTIA . 55. Murida 59. Saccomyidæ 61. Sciuridæ ... 63. Chinchillida 64. Octodontida 65 ...
Page 87
... Order and Family . Chili . Range beyond the Region . 58. Cuculidæ 60. Bucconida 61. Galbulido 64. Todida ... 65. Momotida 66. Trogonidæ 67. Alcedinidæ 72. Steatornithida 73. Caprimulgidæ 74. Cypselidæ 75. Trochilidæ PSITTACI . 80 ...
... Order and Family . Chili . Range beyond the Region . 58. Cuculidæ 60. Bucconida 61. Galbulido 64. Todida ... 65. Momotida 66. Trogonidæ 67. Alcedinidæ 72. Steatornithida 73. Caprimulgidæ 74. Cypselidæ 75. Trochilidæ PSITTACI . 80 ...
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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