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. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 36
... Patagonia , gradually changing towards the north into the more fertile , but still treeless , pampas of La Plata . Whether this sub - region should be continued across the Rio de la Plata into Uruguay and Entre - rios , is somewhat ...
... Patagonia , gradually changing towards the north into the more fertile , but still treeless , pampas of La Plata . Whether this sub - region should be continued across the Rio de la Plata into Uruguay and Entre - rios , is somewhat ...
Page 37
... Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego . Although this genus is allied to the Old World camels , it is a very distinct form , and its introduction from North America , where the family appear to have originated , may date back to a remote epoch ...
... Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego . Although this genus is allied to the Old World camels , it is a very distinct form , and its introduction from North America , where the family appear to have originated , may date back to a remote epoch ...
Page 38
... Patagonia and the pampas . Perhaps the Caria- midæ have almost as much right here as in the last sub - region , inhabiting as they do , the " pampas " of La Plata and the up- land campos " of Brazil ; and even among the wide - ranging ...
... Patagonia and the pampas . Perhaps the Caria- midæ have almost as much right here as in the last sub - region , inhabiting as they do , the " pampas " of La Plata and the up- land campos " of Brazil ; and even among the wide - ranging ...
Page 39
... Patagonia , by Mr. Hudson , only four extend beyond the American continent , and the same exclusively American character applies equally to its southern extremity . No list appears to have been yet published of the land - birds of the ...
... Patagonia , by Mr. Hudson , only four extend beyond the American continent , and the same exclusively American character applies equally to its southern extremity . No list appears to have been yet published of the land - birds of the ...
Page 40
... Patagonia , both belonging to the Colubrida . The Elapida do not extend into the tem- perate zone ; but Craspedocephalus , one of the Crotalidæ , occurs at Bahia Blanca in Patagonia ( Lat . 40 ° S. ) Lizards are much more numerous , and ...
... Patagonia , both belonging to the Colubrida . The Elapida do not extend into the tem- perate zone ; but Craspedocephalus , one of the Crotalidæ , occurs at Bahia Blanca in Patagonia ( Lat . 40 ° S. ) Lizards are much more numerous , and ...
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