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 12
... represented by 15 genera , the more important being Acara ( 17 sp . ) , Heros ( 26 sp . ) , Crenicichla ( 9 sp . ) , Satanoperca ( 7 sp . ) . Many of these fishes are beautifully marked and coloured . The Siluride proterop- teræ are ...
... represented by 15 genera , the more important being Acara ( 17 sp . ) , Heros ( 26 sp . ) , Crenicichla ( 9 sp . ) , Satanoperca ( 7 sp . ) . Many of these fishes are beautifully marked and coloured . The Siluride proterop- teræ are ...
Page 14
... represented in this region . The Danaidæ consist of 15 genera , all peculiar , and differing widely from the generally sombre - tinted forms of the rest of the world . The delicate transparent - winged Ithomias of which 160 species are ...
... represented in this region . The Danaidæ consist of 15 genera , all peculiar , and differing widely from the generally sombre - tinted forms of the rest of the world . The delicate transparent - winged Ithomias of which 160 species are ...
Page 15
... cosmopolitan or wide - spread genera , this family is represented by more than 100 genera which are peculiar to the Neotropical region . The most important of these are Agra ( 150 sp . CHAP . XIV . ] 15 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... cosmopolitan or wide - spread genera , this family is represented by more than 100 genera which are peculiar to the Neotropical region . The most important of these are Agra ( 150 sp . CHAP . XIV . ] 15 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
Page 19
... represented by 22 genera , of which 6 are peculiar . Spiraxis is confined to Central America and the Antilles ; Stenopus and Sagda are Antillean only ; Orthalicus , Macroceramus , and Bulimulus have a wider range , the last two ...
... represented by 22 genera , of which 6 are peculiar . Spiraxis is confined to Central America and the Antilles ; Stenopus and Sagda are Antillean only ; Orthalicus , Macroceramus , and Bulimulus have a wider range , the last two ...
Page 20
... represented by 15 genera , 9 being peculiar to the region , and 5 of these ( belonging to the sub- family Licinidae ) to the Antilles only . Of these peculiar genera Cistula and Chondropoma are the most important , ranging over all the ...
... represented by 15 genera , 9 being peculiar to the region , and 5 of these ( belonging to the sub- family Licinidae ) to the Antilles only . Of these peculiar genera Cistula and Chondropoma are the most important , ranging over all the ...
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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