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
... extending as far south as the Andes of Bogota in South America . Tail - less Batrachians on the other hand , are abundant ; there being 14 families repre- sented , of which 4 , -Rhinophrynd¿ , Hylaplesid¿ , Plectroman- tid¿ , and Pipid¿ ...
... extending as far south as the Andes of Bogota in South America . Tail - less Batrachians on the other hand , are abundant ; there being 14 families repre- sented , of which 4 , -Rhinophrynd¿ , Hylaplesid¿ , Plectroman- tid¿ , and Pipid¿ ...
Page 15
... these are wholly peculiar - Brassolid¿ , Heliconid¿ , and Eurygonid¿ , with a fourth , Erycinidae , which only extends into the Nearctic . region ; so that there are 4 families peculiar to CHAP . XIV . ] 13 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... these are wholly peculiar - Brassolid¿ , Heliconid¿ , and Eurygonid¿ , with a fourth , Erycinidae , which only extends into the Nearctic . region ; so that there are 4 families peculiar to CHAP . XIV . ] 13 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
Page 19
... ; 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 .
... ; 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 21
... extending from Paranaiba on the north coast of Brazil ( long . 42 ° W. ) to Zamora , in the province of Loja ( lat . 4 ° S. , long . 79 ° W. ) , high up in the Andes , on the west ; — a distance in a straight line of more than 2,500 ...
... extending from Paranaiba on the north coast of Brazil ( long . 42 ° W. ) to Zamora , in the province of Loja ( lat . 4 ° S. , long . 79 ° W. ) , high up in the Andes , on the west ; — a distance in a straight line of more than 2,500 ...
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... extending some little distance on its south bank at Santarem . On the northern bank of the Orinooko are the Llanos , or flat open plains , partly flooded in the rainy season ; but much of the interior of Venezuela appears to be forest ...
... extending some little distance on its south bank at Santarem . On the northern bank of the Orinooko are the Llanos , or flat open plains , partly flooded in the rainy season ; but much of the interior of Venezuela appears to be forest ...
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