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 48
... sufficiently discussed in our chapter on the Australian region , when treating of the origin and affinities of the New Zealand fauna . Islands of the South Temperate Sub - region . These 48 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... sufficiently discussed in our chapter on the Australian region , when treating of the origin and affinities of the New Zealand fauna . Islands of the South Temperate Sub - region . These 48 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
Page 75
... Zealand . These cases of erratic distribution , so opposed to the general series of phenomena among which they occur , must be held to be sufficiently explained by the great antiquity of these groups and their former wide distribution ...
... Zealand . These cases of erratic distribution , so opposed to the general series of phenomena among which they occur , must be held to be sufficiently explained by the great antiquity of these groups and their former wide distribution ...
Page 76
... Zealand and Tasmania ; and we have a still more striking example in the Antillean group itself , continental Trinidad having only 20 genera and 38 species , while the highly insular Jamaica has about 30 genera and more than 500 species ...
... Zealand and Tasmania ; and we have a still more striking example in the Antillean group itself , continental Trinidad having only 20 genera and 38 species , while the highly insular Jamaica has about 30 genera and more than 500 species ...
Page 89
... Zealand All regions but Oriental Australia All regions but Ethiopian All the regions Almost cosmopolite All regions but Nearctic All regions but Australian Australia ( ? ) All regions but Australian Oriental Australian , Ethiopian ...
... Zealand All regions but Oriental Australia All regions but Ethiopian All the regions Almost cosmopolite All regions but Nearctic All regions but Australian Australia ( ? ) All regions but Australian Oriental Australian , Ethiopian ...
Page 93
... Zealand 1 Falkland Islands New Zealand 1 Antarctic shores 1 Antarctic shores , E. Patagonia S. Australia 1 Antarctic shores 64. Tremarctos OTARIIDE . 65. Otaria 66. Arctocephalus ... PHOCIDE . 67. Stenorhynchus 68. Lobodon 69. Leptonyx ...
... Zealand 1 Falkland Islands New Zealand 1 Antarctic shores 1 Antarctic shores , E. Patagonia S. Australia 1 Antarctic shores 64. Tremarctos OTARIIDE . 65. Otaria 66. Arctocephalus ... PHOCIDE . 67. Stenorhynchus 68. Lobodon 69. Leptonyx ...
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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