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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... land - birds no less than 576 are peculiar , being almost exactly of the whole . These numbers and pro- portions are far higher than in the case of any other region . Insects . The Neotropical region is so excessively rich in insect ...
... land - birds no less than 576 are peculiar , being almost exactly of the whole . These numbers and pro- portions are far higher than in the case of any other region . Insects . The Neotropical region is so excessively rich in insect ...
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... land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all continental America , north and south . Mr. Thomas Bland , who has long studied American land shells , points out a remarkable difference in the ...
... land shells than all the rest of the region , and almost exactly as many as all continental America , north and south . Mr. Thomas Bland , who has long studied American land shells , points out a remarkable difference in the ...
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... land which forms the base of the mountains . It was , no doubt , during their slow elevation and the consequent ... land before the Andes had acquired their present altitude . The blending of the originally distinct sub - faunas has been ...
... land which forms the base of the mountains . It was , no doubt , during their slow elevation and the consequent ... land before the Andes had acquired their present altitude . The blending of the originally distinct sub - faunas has been ...
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... land - shells , are found here . Plate XV . Characteristic Neotropical Birds .-- To illustrate the ornithology of South America we place our scene on one of the tributaries of the Upper Amazon , a district where this class of animals is ...
... land - shells , are found here . Plate XV . Characteristic Neotropical Birds .-- To illustrate the ornithology of South America we place our scene on one of the tributaries of the Upper Amazon , a district where this class of animals is ...
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... land ; while the Galapagos Archi- pelago in the Pacific is the only group whose productions have been carefully examined , or which present features of special interest . Galapagos Islands . - These are situated on the equator , about ...
... land ; while the Galapagos Archi- pelago in the Pacific is the only group whose productions have been carefully examined , or which present features of special interest . Galapagos Islands . - These are situated on the equator , about ...
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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