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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... fauna ; for out of 18 genera only 5 extend south of the equator , while 6 range from Mexico or the Antilles into Columbia , some of these being only winter immigrants and no genus being exclusively South American . The eastern slopes of ...
... fauna ; for out of 18 genera only 5 extend south of the equator , while 6 range from Mexico or the Antilles into Columbia , some of these being only winter immigrants and no genus being exclusively South American . The eastern slopes of ...
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... fauna of these islands , has kindly corrected my MS . List of the Birds , his valuable paper in the Transactions of the Zoological Society not having been published in time for me to make use of it . PICIDE . 1. Turdus falklandicus ...
... fauna of these islands , has kindly corrected my MS . List of the Birds , his valuable paper in the Transactions of the Zoological Society not having been published in time for me to make use of it . PICIDE . 1. Turdus falklandicus ...
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... fauna of these islands , has kindly corrected my MS . List of the Birds , his 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 ...
... fauna of these islands , has kindly corrected my MS . List of the Birds , his 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 ...
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... fauna of the adjacent large Albemarle island ; the most remote islands north and south , Abingdon and Charles , have no doubt in reality most peculiar species , as they appear to have . The scarcity of peculiar species in Chatham Island ...
... fauna of the adjacent large Albemarle island ; the most remote islands north and south , Abingdon and Charles , have no doubt in reality most peculiar species , as they appear to have . The scarcity of peculiar species in Chatham Island ...
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... fauna . Insects have arrived much more frequently ; and this is in accordance with their habits , their lower specific gravity , their power of flight , and their capacity for resisting for some time the effects of salt water . We learn ...
... fauna . Insects have arrived much more frequently ; and this is in accordance with their habits , their lower specific gravity , their power of flight , and their capacity for resisting for some time the effects of salt water . We learn ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belong birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Hemisphere 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 PALEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata 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