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 19
... only ; Orthalicus , Macroceramus , and Bulimulus have a wider range , the last two extending into the southern United States . Important and characteristic genera are , Glandina , C 2 CHAP . XIV . ] 19 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... only ; Orthalicus , Macroceramus , and Bulimulus have a wider range , the last two extending into the southern United States . Important and characteristic genera are , Glandina , C 2 CHAP . XIV . ] 19 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
Page 32
... united in the genus Amblyrhynchus ) . The first is a land , the second a marine , lizard ; both are of large size and very abundant on all the islands ; and they are quite distinct from any of the very numerous genera of Iguanidæ ...
... united in the genus Amblyrhynchus ) . The first is a land , the second a marine , lizard ; both are of large size and very abundant on all the islands ; and they are quite distinct from any of the very numerous genera of Iguanidæ ...
Page 57
... . The low country of Nicaragua was probably the part submerged , leaving the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala still united with the North American continent , and forming part of the Tertiary " CHAP . XIV . ] 57 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION . 4.
... . The low country of Nicaragua was probably the part submerged , leaving the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala still united with the North American continent , and forming part of the Tertiary " CHAP . XIV . ] 57 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION . 4.
Page 58
... united to the southern continent , at another made insular by subsidence near Panama , and thus obtained that rich variety of Neotropical types that still characterises it . When the final union of the two continents took place , the ...
... united to the southern continent , at another made insular by subsidence near Panama , and thus obtained that rich variety of Neotropical types that still characterises it . When the final union of the two continents took place , the ...
Page 75
... United States and Cuba , while 2 , Proecha and Phidola , are confined to Cuba . the genera are curiously distributed ; -Spalacopsis is South American , with 4 species in Cuba and Tropical Africa ; Lago- cheirus is Neotropical , with a ...
... United States and Cuba , while 2 , Proecha and Phidola , are confined to Cuba . the genera are curiously distributed ; -Spalacopsis is South American , with 4 species in Cuba and Tropical Africa ; Lago- cheirus is Neotropical , with a ...
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