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 42
... Plata -all belonging to the characteristic South American family of the Cyprinodontidæ . Insects . It is in insects more than in any other class of animals , that we find clear indications of a not very remote migration of northern ...
... Plata -all belonging to the characteristic South American family of the Cyprinodontidæ . Insects . It is in insects more than in any other class of animals , that we find clear indications of a not very remote migration of northern ...
Page 43
... Plata and Paraguay , allied to South American forms of Papilio , to the Australian Eurycus , and the northern Parnassius ; and Heterop- terus , scattered in Chili , North America , and Tropical Africa . We find then , among butterflies ...
... Plata and Paraguay , allied to South American forms of Papilio , to the Australian Eurycus , and the northern Parnassius ; and Heterop- terus , scattered in Chili , North America , and Tropical Africa . We find then , among butterflies ...
Page 82
... Plata , and thus greatly favouring the production of that wealth of specific forms , which dis- tinguishes South America above all other parts of our globe . The southern temperate portion of the continent , has probably had a ...
... Plata , and thus greatly favouring the production of that wealth of specific forms , which dis- tinguishes South America above all other parts of our globe . The southern temperate portion of the continent , has probably had a ...
Page 84
... Plata ; Darwin , and Cunningham , for Temperate S. America ; Tschudi , for Peru ; Frazer , for Ecuador ; Salvin , for Guatemala ; Frantzius , for Costa Rica ; Sclater , for Quadrumana N. of Panama ; Gundlach , for Cuba ; and papers by ...
... Plata ; Darwin , and Cunningham , for Temperate S. America ; Tschudi , for Peru ; Frazer , for Ecuador ; Salvin , for Guatemala ; Frantzius , for Costa Rica ; Sclater , for Quadrumana N. of Panama ; Gundlach , for Cuba ; and papers by ...
Page 92
... Plata to Antilles & Costa Rica S. Nearc . , Orien . , Madag . 16 Paraguay and Chili to Antilles Ethiopian , S. Palearc . , Australian 2 Cuba and Hayti 1 Guatemala and Costa Rica ) All other reg . but Austrl . 13 The whole region , excl ...
... Plata to Antilles & Costa Rica S. Nearc . , Orien . , Madag . 16 Paraguay and Chili to Antilles Ethiopian , S. Palearc . , Australian 2 Cuba and Hayti 1 Guatemala and Costa Rica ) All other reg . but Austrl . 13 The whole region , excl ...
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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