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The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1: With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surfaceWallace, Alfred Russel

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The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1: With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface

Name: The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1: With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface
Author: Wallace, Alfred Russel

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Paleontology; Zoogeography

+-------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
  |             |        MAMMALIA.      |         BIRDS.        |
  | REGIONS.    |Genera|Peculiar|  Per  |Genera|Peculiar|  Per  |
  |             |      |genera  |centage|      |genera  |centage|
  +-------------+------+--------+-------+------+--------+-------+
  | Palæarctic  |  100 |    35  |   35  |  174 |     57 |   33  |
  | Ethiopian   |  140 |    90  |   64  |  294 |    179 |   60  |
  | Oriental    |  118 |    55  |   46  |  340 |    165 |   48  |
  | Australian  |   72 |    44  |   61  |  298 |    189 |   64  |
  | Neotropical |  130 |   103  |   79  |  683 |    576 |   86  |
  | Nearctic    |   74 |    24  |   32  |  169 |     52 |   31  |
  +-------------+------+--------+-------+------+--------+-------+

TABLE OF REGIONS AND SUB-REGIONS.

  +--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------+
  |   Regions.   |        Sub-regions.         |        Remarks.          |
  +--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------+
  |I. Palæarctic |1. North Europe.             |                          |
  |              |2. Mediterranean (or S. Eu.) |Transition to Ethiopian.  |
  |              |3. Siberia.                  |Transition to Nearctic.   |
  |              |4. Manchuria (or Japan)      |Transition to Oriental.   |
  |              |                             |                          |
  |II. Ethiopian |1. East Africa.              |Transition to Palæarctic. |
  |              |2. West Africa.              |                          |
  |              |3. South Africa.             |                          |
  |              |4. Madagascar.               |                          |
  |              |                             |                          |
  |III. Oriental |1. Hindostan(or Central Ind.)|Transition to Ethiopian.  |
  |              |2. Ceylon.                   |                          |
  |              |3. Indo-China (or Himalayas) |Transition to Palæarctic. |
  |              |4. Indo-Malaya.              |Transition to Australian. |
  |              |                             |                          |
  |IV. Australian|1. Austro-Malaya.            |Transition to Oriental.   |
  |              |2. Australia.                |                          |
  |              |3. Polynesia.                |                          |
  |              |4. New Zealand.              |Transition to Neotropical.|
  |              |                             |                          |
  |V. Neotropical|1. Chili (or S. Temp. Am.)   |Transition to Australian. |
  |              |2. Brazil.                   |                          |
  |              |3. Mexico (or Trop. N. Am.)  |Transition to Nearctic.   |
  |              |4. Antilles.                 |                          |
  |              |                             |                          |
  |VI. Nearctic  |1. California.

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The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1: With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surfaceWallace, Alfred Russel

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The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1: With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Paleontology; Zoogeography

+-------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
  |             |        MAMMALIA.      |         BIRDS.        |
  | REGIONS.    |Genera|Peculiar|  Per  |Genera|Peculiar|  Per  |
  |             |      |genera  |centage|      |genera  |centage|
  +-------------+------+--------+-------+------+--------+-------+
  | Palæarctic  |  100 |    35  |   35  |  174 |     57 |   33  |
  | Ethiopian   |  140 |    90  |   64  |  294 |    179 |   60  |
  | Oriental    |  118 |    55  |   46  |  340 |    165 |   48  |
  | Australian  |   72 |    44  |   61  |  298 |    189 |   64  |
  | Neotropical |  130 |   103  |   79  |  683 |    576 |   86  |
  | Nearctic    |   74 |    24  |   32  |  169 |     52 |   31  |
  +-------------+------+--------+-------+------+--------+-------+

TABLE OF REGIONS AND SUB-REGIONS.

  +--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------+
  |   Regions.   |        Sub-regions.         |        Remarks.          |
  +--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------+
  |I. Palæarctic |1. North Europe.             |                          |
  |              |2. Mediterranean (or S. Eu.) |Transition to Ethiopian.  |
  |              |3. Siberia.                  |Transition to Nearctic.   |
  |              |4. Manchuria (or Japan)      |Transition to Oriental.   |
  |              |                             |                          |
  |II. Ethiopian |1. East Africa.              |Transition to Palæarctic. |
  |              |2. West Africa.              |                          |
  |              |3. South Africa.             |                          |
  |              |4. Madagascar.               |                          |
  |              |                             |                          |
  |III. Oriental |1. Hindostan(or Central Ind.)|Transition to Ethiopian.  |
  |              |2. Ceylon.                   |                          |
  |              |3. Indo-China (or Himalayas) |Transition to Palæarctic. |
  |              |4. Indo-Malaya.              |Transition to Australian. |
  |              |                             |                          |
  |IV. Australian|1. Austro-Malaya.            |Transition to Oriental.   |
  |              |2. Australia.                |                          |
  |              |3. Polynesia.                |                          |
  |              |4. New Zealand.              |Transition to Neotropical.|
  |              |                             |                          |
  |V. Neotropical|1. Chili (or S. Temp. Am.)   |Transition to Australian. |
  |              |2. Brazil.                   |                          |
  |              |3. Mexico (or Trop. N. Am.)  |Transition to Nearctic.   |
  |              |4. Antilles.                 |                          |
  |              |                             |                          |
  |VI. Nearctic  |1. California.

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The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1: With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface

The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1: With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface

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