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
... range in South America . 9. Myiarchus , another genus of the same family which does not range further south than western Ecuador , has also a representative species found in several of the islands . 10. Zenaida , an American genus of ...
... range in South America . 9. Myiarchus , another genus of the same family which does not range further south than western Ecuador , has also a representative species found in several of the islands . 10. Zenaida , an American genus of ...
Page 34
... range , already adapted to live under very varied conditions and to compete with varied forms of life , might not need to become modified so much as a bird of more restricted range , and more specialized constitution . And if , before ...
... range , already adapted to live under very varied conditions and to compete with varied forms of life , might not need to become modified so much as a bird of more restricted range , and more specialized constitution . And if , before ...
Page 45
... range of the Rocky Mountains and Andes would obtain a population of northern forms , which would over- flow into Patagonia , and there , finding no competitors , would develope into a variety of modified groups . This migration was no ...
... range of the Rocky Mountains and Andes would obtain a population of northern forms , which would over- flow into Patagonia , and there , finding no competitors , would develope into a variety of modified groups . This migration was no ...
Page 62
... ranges , point to a former union . Thus , the northern range of Hayti is continued westward in Cuba , and eastward in Portorico ; while the south - western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them ...
... ranges , point to a former union . Thus , the northern range of Hayti is continued westward in Cuba , and eastward in Portorico ; while the south - western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them ...
Page 86
... Range beyond the Region . Cosmopolite Nearctic All regions but Australian Africa Ethiopian Nearctic All regions but Australian RODENTIA . 55. Murida 59. Saccomyidæ 61. Sciuridæ ... 63. Chinchillida 64. Octodontida 65. Echimyidæ 66 ...
... Range beyond the Region . Cosmopolite Nearctic All regions but Australian Africa Ethiopian Nearctic All regions but Australian RODENTIA . 55. Murida 59. Saccomyidæ 61. Sciuridæ ... 63. Chinchillida 64. Octodontida 65. Echimyidæ 66 ...
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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