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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... fish ( or 30 per cent . of those known ) being identical on the adjacent coasts of the two oceans ( as determined by Dr. Günther ) , render it probable that Central America has been partially submerged up to comparatively re- cent ...
... fish ( or 30 per cent . of those known ) being identical on the adjacent coasts of the two oceans ( as determined by Dr. Günther ) , render it probable that Central America has been partially submerged up to comparatively re- cent ...
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... fishes , mollusca , and insects of this sub - region have been sufficiently discussed in treating of the entire region , as by far the larger proportion of them , except in the case of land - shells , are found here . Plate XV ...
... fishes , mollusca , and insects of this sub - region have been sufficiently discussed in treating of the entire region , as by far the larger proportion of them , except in the case of land - shells , are found here . Plate XV ...
Page 28
... fishes , ornithology tributaries animals is the number of the found . On tis arity over every other of its antinal forms . and insects of this sub - region in treating of the entire region , of them , except in the case of tropical ...
... fishes , ornithology tributaries animals is the number of the found . On tis arity over every other of its antinal forms . and insects of this sub - region in treating of the entire region , of them , except in the case of tropical ...
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... Fishes . - These present some peculiar forms , and some very interesting phenomena of distribution . The genus Percilia has been found only in the Rio de Maypu in Chili ; and Percichthys , also belonging to the perch family , has five ...
... Fishes . - These present some peculiar forms , and some very interesting phenomena of distribution . The genus Percilia has been found only in the Rio de Maypu in Chili ; and Percichthys , also belonging to the perch family , has five ...
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... fishes , the Aus- tralian affinity , as shown by insects , is of two kinds , near and remote . We have a few genera common to the two countries ; but more commonly the genera are very distinct , and the affinity is shown by the genera ...
... fishes , the Aus- tralian affinity , as shown by insects , is of two kinds , near and remote . We have a few genera common to the two countries ; but more commonly the genera are very distinct , and the affinity is shown by the genera ...
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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