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
... single species in New Zealand ; Acanthoderes has one species in Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental ...
... single species in New Zealand ; Acanthoderes has one species in Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental ...
Page 23
... single sub - regions and which will be noticed accordingly . The occurrence of a solitary species of hare ( Lepus braziliensis ) in central Brazil and the Andes , is remarkable , as it is cut off from all its allies , the genus not ...
... single sub - regions and which will be noticed accordingly . The occurrence of a solitary species of hare ( Lepus braziliensis ) in central Brazil and the Andes , is remarkable , as it is cut off from all its allies , the genus not ...
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... single genus of this family , except perhaps Heliochara , is confined to the extensive range of the Andes . Almost the same phenomena are presented by the allied Pipride or manakins , the greater part of the genera and species occurring ...
... single genus of this family , except perhaps Heliochara , is confined to the extensive range of the Andes . Almost the same phenomena are presented by the allied Pipride or manakins , the greater part of the genera and species occurring ...
Page 31
... single islands , while others inhabit several . 8. Pyrocephalus , a genus of the American family of tyrant - flycatchers ( Tyrannida ) , has one peculiar species closely allied to T. rubineus , which has a wide range in South America ...
... single islands , while others inhabit several . 8. Pyrocephalus , a genus of the American family of tyrant - flycatchers ( Tyrannida ) , has one peculiar species closely allied to T. rubineus , which has a wide range in South America ...
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... single species of Buliminus , a genus which ranges over all the world except America . As in the case of the birds , most of the islands have two or three peculiar species . General Conclusions . - These islands are wholly volcanic and ...
... single species of Buliminus , a genus which ranges over all the world except America . As in the case of the birds , most of the islands have two or three peculiar species . General Conclusions . - These islands are wholly volcanic and ...
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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