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 23
... extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms , are 8 genera of bats ; 3 peculiar forms of wild dog ; Pteronura , a genus of otters ; Inia , a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the Amazon ; tapirs of ...
... extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms , are 8 genera of bats ; 3 peculiar forms of wild dog ; Pteronura , a genus of otters ; Inia , a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the Amazon ; tapirs of ...
Page 30
... valuable paper in the Transactions of the Zoological Society not having been published in time for me to make use of it . tropical America , only one species extending south as far. 30 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... valuable paper in the Transactions of the Zoological Society not having been published in time for me to make use of it . tropical America , only one species extending south as far. 30 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
Page 31
... extending south as far as Chili . 3. Certhidea , a peculiar genus originally classed among the finches , but which Mr. Sclater , who has made South American birds his special study , considers to belong to the Corebido , or sugar ...
... extending south as far as Chili . 3. Certhidea , a peculiar genus originally classed among the finches , but which Mr. Sclater , who has made South American birds his special study , considers to belong to the Corebido , or sugar ...
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... extends northward over the Chaco desert , till we approach the border of the great forests near St. Cruz de la Sierra ... extending the sub - region to include them . Along with the high Andes it seems necessary to in- clude the western ...
... extends northward over the Chaco desert , till we approach the border of the great forests near St. Cruz de la Sierra ... extending the sub - region to include them . Along with the high Andes it seems necessary to in- clude the western ...
Page 37
... of Mammalia which have been observed on the shores of the Straits of Magel- lan , those marked * extending into Tierra del Fuego : * Pseudalopex ( two wolf - like foxes ) ,. CHAP . XIV . ] 837 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... of Mammalia which have been observed on the shores of the Straits of Magel- lan , those marked * extending into Tierra del Fuego : * Pseudalopex ( two wolf - like foxes ) ,. CHAP . XIV . ] 837 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