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 19
... developed , but to the altogether exceptional riches of the West India Islands . The most recent estimates show that the Antilles contain more species of land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all ...
... developed , but to the altogether exceptional riches of the West India Islands . The most recent estimates show that the Antilles contain more species of land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all ...
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... a mountainous forest in Brazil , the part of South America where the Neotropical Mammalia are perhaps best VOL . II . - 3 developed . The central and most conspicuous figure is the. CHAP . XIV.j 23 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION . 23.
... a mountainous forest in Brazil , the part of South America where the Neotropical Mammalia are perhaps best VOL . II . - 3 developed . The central and most conspicuous figure is the. CHAP . XIV.j 23 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION . 23.
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... developed . The central and most conspicuous figure is the collared ant - eater , ( Tamandua tetradactyla ) , one of the handsomest of the family , in its conspicuous livery of black and white . To the left are a pair of sloths ...
... developed . The central and most conspicuous figure is the collared ant - eater , ( Tamandua tetradactyla ) , one of the handsomest of the family , in its conspicuous livery of black and white . To the left are a pair of sloths ...
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... developed on the whole West 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 ...
... developed on the whole West 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 ...
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... developed in Chili , we place the scene of our illustration in that country . In the foreground we have a pair of the beautiful little chinchillas ( Chinchilla lanigera ) , belonging to a family of animals peculiar to the sub - region ...
... developed in Chili , we place the scene of our illustration in that country . In the foreground we have a pair of the beautiful little chinchillas ( Chinchilla lanigera ) , belonging to a family of animals peculiar to the 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