Zoogeography: The Geographical Distribution of Animals |
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Africa Amer American Mus amphibians animals apparently Archipelago arctic Australia Australian Region barriers bats bird fauna Borneo catfishes Celebes Central America Ceylon China climate colubrids complex continental continents Cretaceous cyprinids dispersal diverse dominant eastern Asia eastern North America endemic Eocene Eurasia Eurasia and North Europe evolution existing genera extend extinct families fauna fish fauna flightless fossil fresh water frogs genera genus geographical groups Guinea Hyla India islands isolated Java land birds leptodactylids limits listed lizards Madagascar mammals marsupials Mayr migratory Miocene Nearctic North America north-temperate zone northern northward occur Old World tropics Oligocene Oriental Region Ostariophysi Palearctic pattern of distribution perhaps Philippines Pleistocene Pliocene probably radiation reached South America relict reptiles rodents salamanders snakes southward southwestern species spread strictly fresh-water fishes subfamilies Suborder subspecies Superfamily Tasmania temperate Eurasia terrestrial Tertiary transition tropical Asia turtles vertebrates West Indies western widely distributed Zealand zoogeographers Zool