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 176
... sub - divided them . They are confined to the tropical forests of South America , and are most abundant in the districts near the equator . Sub - order - LEMUROIDEA . FAMILY 6. - LEMURIDÆ . ( 11 Genera , 53 Species . ) NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC ...
... sub - divided them . They are confined to the tropical forests of South America , and are most abundant in the districts near the equator . Sub - order - LEMUROIDEA . FAMILY 6. - LEMURIDÆ . ( 11 Genera , 53 Species . ) NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC ...
Page 177
... SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS The curious Tarsius spectrum , which constitutes this family , inhabits Sumatra , Banca , and Borneo , and is also found in some parts of ...
... SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS The curious Tarsius spectrum , which constitutes this family , inhabits Sumatra , Banca , and Borneo , and is also found in some parts of ...
Page 179
... sub - order : but they form two distinct families , -Lemuravida and Limnotherida . Other remains from the Miocene are believed to be intermediate between these and the Cebidæ , -a most interesting and suggestive affinity , if well ...
... sub - order : but they form two distinct families , -Lemuravida and Limnotherida . Other remains from the Miocene are believed to be intermediate between these and the Cebidæ , -a most interesting and suggestive affinity , if well ...
Page 183
... FAMILY 12. VESPERTILIONIDE . ( 18 Genera , 200 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . PAL EARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS , ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
... FAMILY 12. VESPERTILIONIDE . ( 18 Genera , 200 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . PAL EARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS , ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
Page 184
... FAMILY 13. NOCTILIONIDE . ( 14 Genera , 50 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS , SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS ...
... FAMILY 13. NOCTILIONIDE . ( 14 Genera , 50 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS , SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS ...
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