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 41
... common to Chili and tropical South America . Tortoises appear to be scarce , a species of Hydromedusa only being recorded . Of the Amphibia , batrachia ( frogs and toads ) alone are represented , and appear to be tolerably abundant ...
... common to Chili and tropical South America . Tortoises appear to be scarce , a species of Hydromedusa only being recorded . Of the Amphibia , batrachia ( frogs and toads ) alone are represented , and appear to be tolerably abundant ...
Page 43
... common to Chili and Brazil ( Satyrida ) ; Apodemia ( Lemoniidae ) confined to Tropical America and Chili . Hesperocharis and Callidryas ( Pieridae ) , both tropical ; and Thracides ( Hesperidae ) confined to Tropical America and Chili ...
... common to Chili and Brazil ( Satyrida ) ; Apodemia ( Lemoniidae ) confined to Tropical America and Chili . Hesperocharis and Callidryas ( Pieridae ) , both tropical ; and Thracides ( Hesperidae ) confined to Tropical America and Chili ...
Page 46
... common to Australia and Chili . Twenty - three are Neotropical ; and among these Ibidion , Compsocerus , Callideriphus , Trachyderes , and Xylocharis , are best represented . Twenty are altogether peculiar , but most of them are more or.
... common to Australia and Chili . Twenty - three are Neotropical ; and among these Ibidion , Compsocerus , Callideriphus , Trachyderes , and Xylocharis , are best represented . Twenty are altogether peculiar , but most of them are more or.
Page 48
... common to the two countries ; but more commonly the genera are very distinct , and the affinity is shown by the genera of both countries belonging to a group peculiar to them , but which may be of very great age . In the former case ...
... common to the two countries ; but more commonly the genera are very distinct , and the affinity is shown by the genera of both countries belonging to a group peculiar to them , but which may be of very great age . In the former case ...
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 ...
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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