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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... tropical parts of the region ; Cylindrella , in Central America and the Antilles ; Bulimus , containing many large and handsome species in South America ; Stenogyra , widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South ...
... tropical parts of the region ; Cylindrella , in Central America and the Antilles ; Bulimus , containing many large and handsome species in South America ; Stenogyra , widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South ...
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... America is , to some extent , peopled by Oriental and Pacific genera of shells . On the west coast there is hardly ... Tropical South - America , or the Brazilian Sub - region . This extensive district may be defined as consisting of all ...
... America is , to some extent , peopled by Oriental and Pacific genera of shells . On the west coast there is hardly ... Tropical South - America , or the Brazilian Sub - region . This extensive district may be defined as consisting of all ...
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... America and of migratory habits , which often visits the Ber- mudas 600 miles from North America , -and Asio ... tropical America , only one species extending south as far. 30 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... America and of migratory habits , which often visits the Ber- mudas 600 miles from North America , -and Asio ... tropical America , only one species extending south as far. 30 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... tropical America , only one species extending south as far as Chili . 3. Certhidea , a peculiar genus originally classed among the finches , but which Mr. Sclater , who has made South American birds his special study , considers to ...
... tropical America , only one species extending south as far as Chili . 3. Certhidea , a peculiar genus originally classed among the finches , but which Mr. Sclater , who has made South American birds his special study , considers to ...
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... American continent and is found in Patagonia ; Geckotidæ by four genera , two of ... America . Tortoises appear to be scarce , a species of Hydromedusa only ... tropical genera . The Neotropical genera of Ranidæ , five of which extend.
... American continent and is found in Patagonia ; Geckotidæ by four genera , two of ... America . Tortoises appear to be scarce , a species of Hydromedusa only ... tropical genera . The Neotropical genera of Ranidæ , five of which extend.
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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