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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... coast of Brazil , are the only Atlantic islands somewhat remote from land ; while the Galapagos Archi- pelago in the Pacific is the only group whose productions have been carefully examined , or which present features of special ...
... coast of Brazil , are the only Atlantic islands somewhat remote from land ; while the Galapagos Archi- pelago in the Pacific is the only group whose productions have been carefully examined , or which present features of special ...
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... coast or on that of Chili a little further south , or to peculiar genera 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 ...
... coast or on that of Chili a little further south , or to peculiar genera 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 ...
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... 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 different islands is so unequal and of ...
... 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 different islands is so unequal and of ...
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... coast of America ; and a single species of Buliminus , a genus which ranges over all the world except America . As in the case of the birds , most of the islands have two or three peculiar species . General Conclusions . - These islands ...
... coast of America ; and a single species of Buliminus , a genus which ranges over all the world except America . As in the case of the birds , most of the islands have two or three peculiar species . General Conclusions . - These islands ...
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... coast to Chiloe and northward to near Santiago . To the east we have the barren plains of Patagonia , gradually changing towards the north into the more fertile , but still treeless , pampas of La Plata . Whether this sub - region ...
... coast to Chiloe and northward to near Santiago . To the east we have the barren plains of Patagonia , gradually changing towards the north into the more fertile , but still treeless , pampas of La Plata . Whether this sub - 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