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 121
... regions with which it has been thought to be closely allied . It is thus well distinguished from the Palæarctic region by its Pro- cyonidæ , or racoons , Hesperomys , or vesper mice , and Didelphys , or opossums , among Mammalia ; by ...
... regions with which it has been thought to be closely allied . It is thus well distinguished from the Palæarctic region by its Pro- cyonidæ , or racoons , Hesperomys , or vesper mice , and Didelphys , or opossums , among Mammalia ; by ...
Page 122
... region in question . In this case we find a remarkable support to our views . During the whole Tertiary period ... Palæ- arctic region . There is , however , very little speciality in the forms . A considerable number of Neotropical types ...
... region in question . In this case we find a remarkable support to our views . During the whole Tertiary period ... Palæ- arctic region . There is , however , very little speciality in the forms . A considerable number of Neotropical types ...
Page 135
... region . This sub - region serves to connect together the other three , since they all merge gradually into it ; while to the north it passes into the circumpolar zone which is common to the Palæ- arctic and Nearctic regions . The ...
... region . This sub - region serves to connect together the other three , since they all merge gradually into it ; while to the north it passes into the circumpolar zone which is common to the Palæ- arctic and Nearctic regions . The ...
Page 141
... regions . Order and Family . 111 I Range beyond the Region . Neotropical Palearctic All regions but ... Palæarctic , Oriental , Australian The Eastern Hemisphere The Eastern ... regions . Range beyond CHAP . XV . ] 141 THE NEARCTIC REGION .
... regions . Order and Family . 111 I Range beyond the Region . Neotropical Palearctic All regions but ... Palæarctic , Oriental , Australian The Eastern Hemisphere The Eastern ... regions . Range beyond CHAP . XV . ] 141 THE NEARCTIC REGION .
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... Region . Range beyond the Region . CANIDE . 18. Lupus 6 All N. America 19. Vulpes 6 MUSTELIDE . 20. Martes Palearctic , Oriental N. America to Arctic Ocean and Palæare , Ethiop . , Orient . Greenland 2 Pennsylvania to Paget's Sound All ...
... Region . Range beyond the Region . CANIDE . 18. Lupus 6 All N. America 19. Vulpes 6 MUSTELIDE . 20. Martes Palearctic , Oriental N. America to Arctic Ocean and Palæare , Ethiop . , Orient . Greenland 2 Pennsylvania to Paget's Sound All ...
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