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 26
... 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 in Eastern South America , that is ...
... 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 in Eastern South America , that is ...
Page 27
... perhaps even to the elevation of the continuous land which forms the base of the mountains . It was , no doubt , during their slow elevation and the consequent loosening of the surface , that the vast masses of debris were carried down ...
... perhaps even to the elevation of the continuous land which forms the base of the mountains . It was , no doubt , during their slow elevation and the consequent loosening of the surface , that the vast masses of debris were carried down ...
Page 32
... perhaps only apparent , owing to our ignorance of the fauna of the adjacent large Albemarle island ; the most remote islands north and south , Abingdon and Charles , have no doubt in reality most peculiar species , as they appear to ...
... perhaps only apparent , owing to our ignorance of the fauna of the adjacent large Albemarle island ; the most remote islands north and south , Abingdon and Charles , have no doubt in reality most peculiar species , as they appear to ...
Page 35
... perhaps later immigrants . Latest of all were the snakes , which hardly differ from continental forms ; but it is not at all improbable that these latter , as well as the peculiar American mouse , have been early human importa- tions ...
... perhaps later immigrants . Latest of all were the snakes , which hardly differ from continental forms ; but it is not at all improbable that these latter , as well as the peculiar American mouse , have been early human importa- tions ...
Page 38
... perhaps comes best here ; Thinocorida ( 2 genera , 6 species ) an isolated family of waders , ranging over the whole sub - region and extending north- ward to the equatorial Andes . Many genera are also peculiar : 3 of Fringillidæ , and ...
... perhaps comes best here ; Thinocorida ( 2 genera , 6 species ) an isolated family of waders , ranging over the whole sub - region and extending north- ward to the equatorial Andes . Many genera are also peculiar : 3 of Fringillidæ , 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