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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Page 58
... indicated both by the many Nearctic forms which do not pass south of Nicaragua , of which the turkeys ( Meleagris ) are a striking example , and by the comparative poverty of this area in typical Neotropical groups . During the Miocene ...
... indicated both by the many Nearctic forms which do not pass south of Nicaragua , of which the turkeys ( Meleagris ) are a striking example , and by the comparative poverty of this area in typical Neotropical groups . During the Miocene ...
Page 59
... indicated , is further rendered necessary by the character of the molluscan fauna of the Pacific shores of tropical ... indicates that the separation is not. CHAP . XIV . ] 59 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... indicated , is further rendered necessary by the character of the molluscan fauna of the Pacific shores of tropical ... indicates that the separation is not. CHAP . XIV . ] 59 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
Page 60
... indicates that the separation is not a very recent one . At the same time , as all the species are very closely ... indicate that they have not formed part of the continent , but have been raised in the ocean ; and the close relation of ...
... indicates that the separation is not a very recent one . At the same time , as all the species are very closely ... indicate that they have not formed part of the continent , but have been raised in the ocean ; and the close relation of ...
Page 66
... indicates , that the West Indian islands have undergone great changes , and that they were not peopled by ... indicated . This is an amount of isolation and speciality , probably not to be equalled else- where , and which must ...
... indicates , that the West Indian islands have undergone great changes , and that they were not peopled by ... indicated . This is an amount of isolation and speciality , probably not to be equalled else- where , and which must ...
Page 68
... indicates a species common to two islands : but where there are two or more species in an island , or the localities are doubtful , this indication cannot be given . All species not otherwise noted are peculiar to the Antilles . Family ...
... indicates a species common to two islands : but where there are two or more species in an island , or the localities are doubtful , this indication cannot be given . All species not otherwise noted are peculiar to the Antilles . Family ...
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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