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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... extinct craters , a few which are still active . The islands vary in height from 1,700 to 5,000 feet , and they all rise sufficiently high to enter the region of moist currents of air , so that while the lower parts are parched and ...
... extinct craters , a few which are still active . The islands vary in height from 1,700 to 5,000 feet , and they all rise sufficiently high to enter the region of moist currents of air , so that while the lower parts are parched and ...
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With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. It is doubtful whether mammals or batrachians have any means of passing , independently of man's ...
With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. It is doubtful whether mammals or batrachians have any means of passing , independently of man's ...
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With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace.
With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace.
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With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. Lizards are much more numerous , and there are several pecu- liar and interesting forms . Three ...
With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. Lizards are much more numerous , and there are several pecu- liar and interesting forms . Three ...
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With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. Lepidoptera . - The butterflies of the South Temperate Sub- region are not numerous , only about 29 ...
With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. Lepidoptera . - The butterflies of the South Temperate Sub- region are not numerous , only about 29 ...
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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