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The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2: 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 2: 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 2: 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

THE NEARCTIC REGION.
  Zoological Characteristics of the Nearctic Region (p. 115)--List of
  Typical Nearctic Genera of Land Birds (p. 118)--Summary of Nearctic
  Vertebrata (p. 120)--Insects (p. 122)--Terrestrial and Fluviatile
  Mollusca (p. 124)--The Californian Sub-region (p. 127)--The Rocky
  Mountain Sub-region (p. 129)--The Alleghany Sub-region (p. 131)--The
  Bermudas (p. 134)--The Canadian Sub-region (p. 135)--Greenland
  (p. 138)--Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Nearctic Region
  (p. 140)--Table II. Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds of the
  Nearctic Region (p. 145)                                          114-153

  CHAPTER XVI.

  SUMMARY OF THE PAST CHANGES AND GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE SEVERAL REGIONS
                                                                    154-164

  PART IV.

  GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC SKETCH OF THE CHIEF FAMILIES OF LAND
  ANIMALS IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONS.

  INTRODUCTION                                                      167-169

  CHAPTER XVII.

  THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF MAMMALIA.

  Primates (p. 170)--General Remarks on the Distribution of Primates
  (p. 179)--Chiroptera (p. 181)--Remarks on the Distribution of Chiroptera
  (p. 185)--Insectivora (p. 186)--General Remarks on the Distribution of
  Insectivora (p. 191)--Carnivora (p. 192)--General Remarks on the
  Distribution of the Carnivora (p. 204)--Cetacea (p. 207)--Sirenia
  (p. 210)--Ungulata (p. 211)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the
  Ungulata (p. 226)--Proboscidea (p. 227)--Hyracoidea (p. 228)--Rodentia
  (p. 229)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the Rodentia (p. 243)--
  Edentata (p. 244)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the Edentata
  (p. 247)--Marsupialia (p. 248)--General Remarks on the Distribution of
  Marsupialia (p. 253)--Monotremata (p. 253)                        170-254

  CHAPTER XVIII.

  THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF BIRDS.

  Passeres (p. 255)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the Passeres
  (p. 299)--Picariæ (p. 302)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the
  Picariæ (p. 322)--Psittaci (p. 324)--General Remarks on the Distribution
  of the Psittaci (p. 329)--Columbæ (p. 331)--General Remarks on the
  Distribution of the Columbæ (p. 335)--Gallinæ (p. 337)--General Remarks
  on the Distribution of Gallinæ (p. 344)--Opisthocomi (p. 345)--Accipitres
  (p. 345)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the Accipitres (p. 351)
  --Grallæ (p. 351)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the Grallæ
  (p. 362)--Anseres (p. 363)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the
  Anseres (p. 367)--Struthiones (p. 368)--Struthious Birds recently Extinct
  (p. 369)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the Struthiones (p. 370)
                                                                    255-371

  CHAPTER XIX.

  THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIA.

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