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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

Ophidia (p. 372)--General Remarks on the Distribution of Ophidia (p. 386)
  --Lacertilia (p. 388)--General Remarks on the Distribution of Lacertilia
  (p. 403)--Rhyncocephalina (p. 405)--Crocodilia (p. 405)--General Remarks
  on the Distribution of Crocodilia (p. 406)--Chelonia (p. 407)--Remarks on
  the Distribution of Chelonia (p. 410)--Amphibia, Pseudophidia (p. 411)--
  Urodela (p. 411)--Anura (p. 414)--General Remarks on the Distribution of
  Amphibia (p. 422)                                                 372-423

  CHAPTER XX.

  THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES OF FISHES, WITH THE RANGE OF SUCH GENERA
  AS INHABIT FRESH WATER.

  Acanthopterygii (p. 424)---Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi (p. 437)--
  Anacanthini (p. 439)--Physostomi (p. 441)--Lophobranchii (p. 456)--
  Plectognathi (p. 457)--Sirenoidei (p. 458)--Ganoidei (p. 458)--
  Chondropterygii (p. 460)--Cyclostomata (p. 463)--Leptocardii (p. 464)--
  Remarks on the Distribution of Fishes (p. 464)                    424-467

  CHAPTER XXI.

  THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT FAMILIES AND GENERA OF
  INSECTS.

  Lepidoptera (p. 470)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the Diurnal
  Lepidoptera and Sphingidea (p. 483)--Coleoptera (p. 486)--Cicindelidæ
  (p. 486)--Carabidæ (p. 488)--Lucanidæ (p. 492)--Cetoniidæ (p. 494)--
  Buprestidæ (p. 495)--Longicornia (p. 498)--General Observations on the
  Distribution of Coleoptera (p. 502)                               468-503

  CHAPTER XXII.

  AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MOLLUSCA.

  Cephalopoda (p. 505)--Gasteropoda (p. 507)--Pulmonifera (p. 512)--General
  Observations on the Distribution of Land Mollusca (p. 522)--Pteropoda
  (p. 531)--Brachiopoda (p. 532)--Conchifera (p. 533)--General Remarks on
  the Distribution of Marine Mollusca (p. 537)                      504-539

  CHAPTER XXIII.

  SUMMARY OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND LINES OF MIGRATION OF THE SEVERAL
  CLASSES OF ANIMALS.

  Mammalia (p. 540)--Lines of Migration of the Mammalia (p. 544)--Birds
  (p. 545)--Reptiles (p. 547)--Amphibia (p. 548)--Fresh-water Fishes
  (p. 549)--Insects (p. 550)--Terrestrial Mollusca (p. 551)--Conclusion
  (p. 552)                                                          540-553

  GENERAL INDEX                                                         557




MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. II.



                                                             _To face page_

  1. Map of the Neotropical Region                                        3

  2. Plate   XIV. A Brazilian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia        24

  3. Plate    XV. A Scene on the Upper Amazon, with some Characteristic
                    Birds                                                28

  4. Plate   XVI. The Chilian Andes, with Characteristic Animals         40

  5. Plate  XVII. A Scene in Cuba, with Characteristic Animals           67

  6. Map of the Nearctic Region                                         115

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