The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 22
... Bolivia and a little north of Sta . Cruz de la Sierra ( lat . 18 ° S. ) , a distance of about 1,900 miles . Within this area of continuous forests , are included some open " campos , " or patches of pasture lands , the most important ...
... Bolivia and a little north of Sta . Cruz de la Sierra ( lat . 18 ° S. ) , a distance of about 1,900 miles . Within this area of continuous forests , are included some open " campos , " or patches of pasture lands , the most important ...
Page 37
... Bolivia ; Ctenomys ( 6 sp . ) from the Straits of Magellan to Bolivia , with one species in South Brazil . Dolichotis , one of the Cavies , ranges from Patagonia to Mendoza , and on the east coast to 37 ° S. latitude . Myopotamus ( 1 sp ...
... Bolivia ; Ctenomys ( 6 sp . ) from the Straits of Magellan to Bolivia , with one species in South Brazil . Dolichotis , one of the Cavies , ranges from Patagonia to Mendoza , and on the east coast to 37 ° S. latitude . Myopotamus ( 1 sp ...
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... Bolivia ; Chionididæ ( 1 genus , 2 sp . ) the " sheath - bills , " found only at the southern extremity of the continent and in Kerguelen's Island , which with the other antarctic lands perhaps comes best here ; Thinocorida ( 2 genera ...
... Bolivia ; Chionididæ ( 1 genus , 2 sp . ) the " sheath - bills , " found only at the southern extremity of the continent and in Kerguelen's Island , which with the other antarctic lands perhaps comes best here ; Thinocorida ( 2 genera ...
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... Bolivia ; Jenynsid ( 1 sp . ) in the Rio de la Plata -all belonging to the characteristic South American family of the Cyprinodontidæ . Insects . It is in insects more than in any other class of animals , that we find clear indications ...
... Bolivia ; Jenynsid ( 1 sp . ) in the Rio de la Plata -all belonging to the characteristic South American family of the Cyprinodontidæ . Insects . It is in insects more than in any other class of animals , that we find clear indications ...
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... Bolivia ; Jenynsid ( 1 sp . ) in the Rio de la Plata -all belonging to the characteristic South American family of the Cyprinodontidæ . Insects . It is in insects more than in any other class of animals , that we find clear indications ...
... Bolivia ; Jenynsid ( 1 sp . ) in the Rio de la Plata -all belonging to the characteristic South American family of the Cyprinodontidæ . Insects . It is in insects more than in any other class of animals , that we find clear indications ...
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