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 31
... known ; only one bird being recorded from it , one of the mocking - thrushes found nowhere else . Combining the observations of Mr. Darwin with those of Dr. Habel and Prof. Sundevall , we have species recorded as occurring in seven of ...
... known ; only one bird being recorded from it , one of the mocking - thrushes found nowhere else . Combining the observations of Mr. Darwin with those of Dr. Habel and Prof. Sundevall , we have species recorded as occurring in seven of ...
Page 33
... known from these islands are some Coleoptera , chiefly collected by Mr. Darwin . They consist of a few peculiar species of American or wide ranging genera , the most important being , a Calosoma , Pacilus , Solen- ophorus , and Notaphus ...
... known from these islands are some Coleoptera , chiefly collected by Mr. Darwin . They consist of a few peculiar species of American or wide ranging genera , the most important being , a Calosoma , Pacilus , Solen- ophorus , and Notaphus ...
Page 44
... known from the South Temperate Sub - region , the greater part from Chili , but a good number also from Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan . Of these more than 30 are peculiar , and most of them are so isolated that it is impossible ...
... known from the South Temperate Sub - region , the greater part from Chili , but a good number also from Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan . Of these more than 30 are peculiar , and most of them are so isolated that it is impossible ...
Page 45
... known long persistence of generic and specific forms of Coleoptera ; the facility with which they may be trans- ported to great distances by gales and hurricanes , either on land or over the sea ; and , therefore , the probability that ...
... known long persistence of generic and specific forms of Coleoptera ; the facility with which they may be trans- ported to great distances by gales and hurricanes , either on land or over the sea ; and , therefore , the probability that ...
Page 46
... known in the sub - region . Two are peculiar , Chiasognathus and Streptocerus , the former allied to Tropical American , the latter to Australian genera ; the other two genera are exclusively South American . Cetoniida . These seem very ...
... known in the sub - region . Two are peculiar , Chiasognathus and Streptocerus , the former allied to Tropical American , the latter to Australian genera ; the other two genera are exclusively South American . Cetoniida . These seem very ...
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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