CHAPTER III. Classification of the Facts of Distribution.--Zoological Regions

CLASSIFICATION OF THE FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION.--ZOOLOGICAL REGIONS

The Geographical Divisions of the Globe do not Correspond to Zoological Divisions--The Range of British Mammals as Indicating a Zoological Region--Range of East Asian and North African Mammals--The Range of British Birds--Range of East Asian Birds--The Limits of the Palaearctic Region--Characteristic Features of the Palaearctic Region--Definition and Characteristic Groups of the Ethiopian Region--Of the Oriental Region--Of the Australian Region--Of the Nearctic Region--Of the Neotropical Region--Comparison of Zoological Regions with the Geographical Divisions of the Globe

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