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 18
... less extent , but often of surpassing interest and beauty . The noteworthy genera of wide range are , Oeme and Cyrtomerus , which have each a species in West Africa , and Hammatocerus , which has one in Australia . The Lamiidæ have 219 ...
... less extent , but often of surpassing interest and beauty . The noteworthy genera of wide range are , Oeme and Cyrtomerus , which have each a species in West Africa , and Hammatocerus , which has one in Australia . The Lamiidæ have 219 ...
Page 34
... Less rare and violent storms would suffice to carry some of these to other islands , and thus the archipelago would in time become stocked . It would appear probable , that those which have undergone most change were the earliest to ...
... Less rare and violent storms would suffice to carry some of these to other islands , and thus the archipelago would in time become stocked . It would appear probable , that those which have undergone most change were the earliest to ...
Page 41
... less than six being peculiar , ( or almost so , ) to the South temperate region . These are Leiodera , Diplolamus and Proctrotretus , ranging from Chili to Patagonia ; Leiolamus , from Peru to Patagonia ; Phrymaturus , confined to Chili ...
... less than six being peculiar , ( or almost so , ) to the South temperate region . These are Leiodera , Diplolamus and Proctrotretus , ranging from Chili to Patagonia ; Leiolamus , from Peru to Patagonia ; Phrymaturus , confined to Chili ...
Page 45
... of sea . If this is the true explanation , we ought to find no such preponderant northern element in groups which are proportionally less developed in cold and temperate climates . CHAP . XIV . ] 45 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... of sea . If this is the true explanation , we ought to find no such preponderant northern element in groups which are proportionally less developed in cold and temperate climates . CHAP . XIV . ] 45 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... less developed in cold and temperate climates . Our further examination will show how far this is the case . Lucanidæ . - Only four genera are known in the sub - region . Two are peculiar , Chiasognathus and Streptocerus , the former ...
... less developed in cold and temperate climates . Our further examination will show how far this is the case . Lucanidæ . - Only four genera are known in the sub - region . Two are peculiar , Chiasognathus and Streptocerus , the former ...
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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