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 15
... possessing about 40 genera and 200 species . The Hap- lochitonidæ are confined to South America and Australia ; the American genus being Haplochiton . The Cyprinodontidæ are represented by 18 genera , the most important being , Pacilia ...
... possessing about 40 genera and 200 species . The Hap- lochitonidæ are confined to South America and Australia ; the American genus being Haplochiton . The Cyprinodontidæ are represented by 18 genera , the most important being , Pacilia ...
Page 15
... possesses no less than 45 families and more than 900 genera of Vertebrata which are altogether peculiar to it ; while it has representatives of 168 families out of a total of 330 , showing that 162 families are altogether absent . It ...
... possesses no less than 45 families and more than 900 genera of Vertebrata which are altogether peculiar to it ; while it has representatives of 168 families out of a total of 330 , showing that 162 families are altogether absent . It ...
Page 15
... possesses some peculiar forms . The magnificent diurnal butterfly - like moths , Urania , are the most remarkable ; and they are rendered more interesting by the occurrence of a species closely resembling them in Madagascar . Another ...
... possesses some peculiar forms . The magnificent diurnal butterfly - like moths , Urania , are the most remarkable ; and they are rendered more interesting by the occurrence of a species closely resembling them in Madagascar . Another ...
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... possess ; and it is no doubt owing to this antiquity , that such a complete diversity of generic forms has been here brought about , without any important deviation from the great family types which pre- vail over the rest of the globe ...
... possess ; and it is no doubt owing to this antiquity , that such a complete diversity of generic forms has been here brought about , without any important deviation from the great family types which pre- vail over the rest of the globe ...
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... possesses few marked distinctive features . Brazil , which must have formed another great island , has more speciality , but the intermediate Amazonian forests form a perfect transition between them . The northern portion of the ...
... possesses few marked distinctive features . Brazil , which must have formed another great island , has more speciality , but the intermediate Amazonian forests form a perfect transition between them . The northern portion of the ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belong birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Hemisphere 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 PALEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata 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