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
... widely from the glossy and gaily coloured Agaristas , which are typical of the family in the East . Coleoptera . This is so vast a subject that , as in the case of the regions already treated , we must confine our attention to a few of ...
... widely from the glossy and gaily coloured Agaristas , which are typical of the family in the East . Coleoptera . This is so vast a subject that , as in the case of the regions already treated , we must confine our attention to a few of ...
Page 17
... widely scattered from North America to the Philippines ; Actenodes has a single species in North Ame- rica and another in West Africa ; Colobogaster has two in West Africa , one in Java and one in the Moluccas . The relations of South ...
... widely scattered from North America to the Philippines ; Actenodes has a single species in North Ame- rica and another in West Africa ; Colobogaster has two in West Africa , one in Java and one in the Moluccas . The relations of South ...
Page 20
... widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South America . Among the Operculata , the Aciculidae are mostly Antillean , two genera being peculiar there , and one , Truncatella , of wide distribution , but most abundant ...
... widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South America . Among the Operculata , the Aciculidae are mostly Antillean , two genera being peculiar there , and one , Truncatella , of wide distribution , but most abundant ...
Page 35
... widely different from those of its native country . Land - shells , being so few and small , and almost all modifications of one type , are a clear indi- cation of how rare are the conditions which lead to their dispersal over a wide ...
... widely different from those of its native country . Land - shells , being so few and small , and almost all modifications of one type , are a clear indi- cation of how rare are the conditions which lead to their dispersal over a wide ...
Page 43
... widely scattered ; as , Epinephile found also in Mexico and Australia ; Cupido , widely spread in the tropics ; Euryades , found only in La Plata and Paraguay , allied to South American forms of Papilio , to the Australian Eurycus , and ...
... widely scattered ; as , Epinephile found also in Mexico and Australia ; Cupido , widely spread in the tropics ; Euryades , found only in La Plata and Paraguay , allied to South American forms of Papilio , to the Australian Eurycus , and ...
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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