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 17
... American ; and Euphoria , confined to America both North and South . Buprestida . In this fine group the Neotropical region is tolerably rich , having examples of 39 genera , 18 of which are peculiar to it . Of these , the most ...
... American ; and Euphoria , confined to America both North and South . Buprestida . In this fine group the Neotropical region is tolerably rich , having examples of 39 genera , 18 of which are peculiar to it . Of these , the most ...
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... South America ; Stenogyra , widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South America . Among the Operculata , the Aciculidæ are mostly Antillean , two genera being peculiar there , and one , Truncatella , of wide ...
... South America ; Stenogyra , widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South America . Among the Operculata , the Aciculidæ are mostly Antillean , two genera being peculiar there , and one , Truncatella , of wide ...
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... South America is , to some extent , peopled by Oriental and Pacific genera of shells . On the west coast there is hardly any coral , while on the east it is abundant , showing a difference of physical conditions that must have greatly ...
... South America is , to some extent , peopled by Oriental and Pacific genera of shells . On the west coast there is hardly any coral , while on the east it is abundant , showing a difference of physical conditions that must have greatly ...
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... American monkeys are limited to this sub - region ; as Lagothrix , Pithecia , and Brachyurus , limited to the great Amazonian forests ; Eriodes to south - east Brazil ; and Callithrix to tropical South America . All the marmosets ...
... American monkeys are limited to this sub - region ; as Lagothrix , Pithecia , and Brachyurus , limited to the great Amazonian forests ; Eriodes to south - east Brazil ; and Callithrix to tropical South America . All the marmosets ...
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... south , or to peculiar genera allied to South American forms . The only species not peculiar are , Dolichonyx oryzivorus , a bird of very wide range in America ... America , -and Asio accipitrinus , an owl which is found almost all over the ...
... south , or to peculiar genera allied to South American forms . The only species not peculiar are , Dolichonyx oryzivorus , a bird of very wide range in America ... America , -and Asio accipitrinus , an owl which is found almost all over the ...
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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