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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Page 49
... common South American forms , but one species , Milvago australis , seems peculiar . The 11 Passeres belong to 9 genera , all found on the adjacent mainland . Three , or perhaps four , of the species are however peculiar . These are ...
... common South American forms , but one species , Milvago australis , seems peculiar . The 11 Passeres belong to 9 genera , all found on the adjacent mainland . Three , or perhaps four , of the species are however peculiar . These are ...
Page 54
... common with South America . Lizards are much more specially developed . Chirotes , one of the Amphisbænians , is confined to Mexico and the southern part of the Nearctic region ; Heloderma forming a pecu- liar family , Helodermidæ , is ...
... common with South America . Lizards are much more specially developed . Chirotes , one of the Amphisbænians , is confined to Mexico and the southern part of the Nearctic region ; Heloderma forming a pecu- liar family , Helodermidæ , is ...
Page 57
... common to South America , and 1 to Cuba . The Cerambycidæ are much more numerous , and there are 24 peculiar genera , the most important being Sphenothecus , Entomosterna , and Cyphosterna ; while Crioprosopus and Metalep- tus are ...
... common to South America , and 1 to Cuba . The Cerambycidæ are much more numerous , and there are 24 peculiar genera , the most important being Sphenothecus , Entomosterna , and Cyphosterna ; while Crioprosopus and Metalep- tus are ...
Page 66
... common to the four larger islands is very small - probably not more than half a dozen ; between 20 and 30 are common to some two of the islands ( counting the Lesser Antilles as one island ) and a few to three ; but the great mass of ...
... common to the four larger islands is very small - probably not more than half a dozen ; between 20 and 30 are common to some two of the islands ( counting the Lesser Antilles as one island ) and a few to three ; but the great mass of ...
Page 66
... common ; but they possess some half dozen species not found elsewhere , and even one central American genus of humming - birds ( Doricha ) not found in any other part of the Antilles . her part of the Antilles . We have thus given Cuba ...
... common ; but they possess some half dozen species not found elsewhere , and even one central American genus of humming - birds ( Doricha ) not found in any other part of the Antilles . her part of the Antilles . We have thus given Cuba ...
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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