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. - LEMURIDE . ( 11 Genera , 53 Species . ) GENERAL ...
... 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. - LEMURIDE . ( 11 Genera , 53 Species . ) GENERAL ...
Page 177
... SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . 4 The curious Tarsius spectrum , which constitutes this family , inhabits Sumatra , Banca , and Borneo , and is also ...
... SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . 4 The curious Tarsius spectrum , which constitutes this family , inhabits Sumatra , Banca , and Borneo , and is also ...
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 . ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
... FAMILY 12. - VESPERTILIONIDE . ( 18 Genera , 200 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
Page 184
... FAMILY 13. - NOCTILIONIDAE . ( 14 Genera , 50 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS ...
... FAMILY 13. - NOCTILIONIDAE . ( 14 Genera , 50 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB - REGIONS . ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS ...
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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