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 15
... Temperate portion of the continent , together with the high plateaus of the Andes to near the equator , form a well - marked subdivision , characterised by a peculiar fauna , very distinct both positively and negatively from that of the ...
... Temperate portion of the continent , together with the high plateaus of the Andes to near the equator , form a well - marked subdivision , characterised by a peculiar fauna , very distinct both positively and negatively from that of the ...
Page 16
... Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ( 10 sp . ) , mostly Chilian ; Feronomorpha ( 6 sp . ) all Chilian ; and Tropidopterus ...
... Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ( 10 sp . ) , mostly Chilian ; Feronomorpha ( 6 sp . ) all Chilian ; and Tropidopterus ...
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... coast as far as to about 5 ° of south latitude , belong to south temperate America , or the sub - region of the Andes . Having already given a sketch of the zoological features of 22 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... coast as far as to about 5 ° of south latitude , belong to south temperate America , or the sub - region of the Andes . Having already given a sketch of the zoological features of 22 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... Temperate America , or the Chilian Sub - region . This sub - region may be generally defined as the temperate portion of South America . On the south , it commences with the cold damp forests of Tierra del Fuego , and their continuation ...
... Temperate America , or the Chilian Sub - region . This sub - region may be generally defined as the temperate portion of South America . On the south , it commences with the cold damp forests of Tierra del Fuego , and their continuation ...
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... Temperate South America ; Toly- peutes and Chlamydophorus , two genera of armadillos , the latter very peculiar in its organization and sometimes placed in a dis- tinct family , are found only in La Plata and the highlands of Bolivia ...
... Temperate South America ; Toly- peutes and Chlamydophorus , two genera of armadillos , the latter very peculiar in its organization and sometimes placed in a dis- tinct family , are found only in La Plata and the highlands of Bolivia ...
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