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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... allied to South American forms . The only species not peculiar are , Dolichonyx oryzivorus , a bird of very wide range in America and of migratory habits , which often visits the Ber- mudas 600 miles from North America , -and Asio ...
... allied to South American forms . The only species not peculiar are , Dolichonyx oryzivorus , a bird of very wide range in America and of migratory habits , which often visits the Ber- mudas 600 miles from North America , -and Asio ...
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... allied to a species from the west coast of America . It has been already stated that some of the islands possess peculiar species of birds distinct from the allied forms in other islands , but unfortunately our knowledge of the ...
... allied to a species from the west coast of America . It has been already stated that some of the islands possess peculiar species of birds distinct from the allied forms in other islands , but unfortunately our knowledge of the ...
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... allied to the Old World camels , it is a very distinct form , and its introduction from North America , where the family appear to have originated , may date back to a remote epoch . Ursus ornatus , the " spectacled bear " of the ...
... allied to the Old World camels , it is a very distinct form , and its introduction from North America , where the family appear to have originated , may date back to a remote epoch . Ursus ornatus , the " spectacled bear " of the ...
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... allied to the beautiful chatterers , though forming a separate family . Below , standing on a rock , is a plover - like bird , the Thinocorus orbi- gnianus , which is considered to belong to a separate family , though allied to the ...
... allied to the beautiful chatterers , though forming a separate family . Below , standing on a rock , is a plover - like bird , the Thinocorus orbi- gnianus , which is considered to belong to a separate family , though allied to the ...
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... are Neotropical , and one genus inhabits New Zealand . The Chilian genus Calyptocephalus is allied to Australian tropical genera . The Neotropical genera of Ranidæ , five of which extend. CHAP . XIV . ] 41 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... are Neotropical , and one genus inhabits New Zealand . The Chilian genus Calyptocephalus is allied to Australian tropical genera . The Neotropical genera of Ranidæ , five of which extend. CHAP . XIV . ] 41 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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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