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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... consist of two families of monkeys , Cebidæ and Hapalidæ , both abounding in genera and species ; the Phyllostomida , or blood - sucking bats ; Chinchillida and Caviidæ among rodents ; besides the greater part of the Octodontidæ ...
... consist of two families of monkeys , Cebidæ and Hapalidæ , both abounding in genera and species ; the Phyllostomida , or blood - sucking bats ; Chinchillida and Caviidæ among rodents ; besides the greater part of the Octodontidæ ...
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... consist of 15 genera , all peculiar , and differing widely from the generally sombre - tinted forms of the rest of ... consisting of 59 genera and 560 species , comprise the most varied and beautiful of small butterflies ; and it would ...
... consist of 15 genera , all peculiar , and differing widely from the generally sombre - tinted forms of the rest of ... consisting of 59 genera and 560 species , comprise the most varied and beautiful of small butterflies ; and it would ...
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... consisting of all the tropical forest - region of South America , including all the open plains and pasture lands , surrounded by , or intimately associated with , the forests . Its central mass consists of the great forest- plain of ...
... consisting of all the tropical forest - region of South America , including all the open plains and pasture lands , surrounded by , or intimately associated with , the forests . Its central mass consists of the great forest- plain of ...
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... consisting of 8 genera and 28 species ; Chatomys , a genus of Cercolabida ; the capybara ( Hydrochorus ) the largest known rodent , belonging to the Caviida ; the larger ant - eaters ( Myrmecophaga ) ; sloths of the genus Bradypus ; 2 ...
... consisting of 8 genera and 28 species ; Chatomys , a genus of Cercolabida ; the capybara ( Hydrochorus ) the largest known rodent , belonging to the Caviida ; the larger ant - eaters ( Myrmecophaga ) ; sloths of the genus Bradypus ; 2 ...
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... consist of the large Albemarle island , 70 miles long ; four much smaller ( 18 to 25 miles long ) , named Narborough , James , Indefatigable , and Chat- ham Islands ; four smaller still ( 9 to 12 miles long ) , named Abingdon , Bindloes ...
... consist of the large Albemarle island , 70 miles long ; four much smaller ( 18 to 25 miles long ) , named Narborough , James , Indefatigable , and Chat- ham Islands ; four smaller still ( 9 to 12 miles long ) , named Abingdon , Bindloes ...
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