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 36
... Peru as far as 9 ° south latitude , and at from 8,000 to 12,000 feet altitude ; Lagidium ( 3 sp . ) , ranging over the Andes of Chili , Peru , and South Ecuador , ፡፡ from 11,000 to 16,000 feet altitude ; and Lagostomus 36 36 [ PART ...
... Peru as far as 9 ° south latitude , and at from 8,000 to 12,000 feet altitude ; Lagidium ( 3 sp . ) , ranging over the Andes of Chili , Peru , and South Ecuador , ፡፡ from 11,000 to 16,000 feet altitude ; and Lagostomus 36 36 [ PART ...
Page 37
... Peru and Chili , and the guanaco which ranges over the plains of 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 ...
... Peru and Chili , and the guanaco which ranges over the plains of 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 ...
Page 38
... Peru to Chili ; two of Tinamous , Tinamotes in the Andes , and Calo- dromus in La Plata ; three of Charadriida , Phagornis , Pluvia- nellus , and Oreophilus ; and Rhea , the American ostriches , inhabiting all Patagonia and the pampas ...
... Peru to Chili ; two of Tinamous , Tinamotes in the Andes , and Calo- dromus in La Plata ; three of Charadriida , Phagornis , Pluvia- nellus , and Oreophilus ; and Rhea , the American ostriches , inhabiting all Patagonia and the pampas ...
Page 41
... Peru to Patagonia ; Phrymaturus , confined to Chili , and Ptygoderus peculiar , to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego . The other two genera , Oplurus and Leiosaurus , are common to Chili and tropical South America . Tortoises appear to be ...
... Peru to Patagonia ; Phrymaturus , confined to Chili , and Ptygoderus peculiar , to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego . The other two genera , Oplurus and Leiosaurus , are common to Chili and tropical South America . Tortoises appear to be ...
Page 43
... Peru , as well as Chili , and must rather be classed as cosmopolitan . These form a sufficiently remarkable group of northern forms , but they are accompanied by others of a wholly Neotropical origin . Such are Stibomorpha with 6 ...
... Peru , as well as Chili , and must rather be classed as cosmopolitan . These form a sufficiently remarkable group of northern forms , but they are accompanied by others of a wholly Neotropical origin . Such are Stibomorpha with 6 ...
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