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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... Forest with Characteristic Mammalia . 24 3 . Plate XV . A Seene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4 . Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 13 5 . Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with ...
... Forest with Characteristic Mammalia . 24 3 . Plate XV . A Seene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4 . Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 13 5 . Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with ...
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... Forest Desert The boundaries and reference numbers of the Sub - regions are shewn in Red . Tierra del Fuego Magalhaen Str C. Horn Falldand $ 3 Stanley Falkland Is . 120 no . 100 70 of 60 Green . 50 S. Geargia 30 40 50 40 30 20 Stanfords ...
... Forest Desert The boundaries and reference numbers of the Sub - regions are shewn in Red . Tierra del Fuego Magalhaen Str C. Horn Falldand $ 3 Stanley Falkland Is . 120 no . 100 70 of 60 Green . 50 S. Geargia 30 40 50 40 30 20 Stanfords ...
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... forest - clad , most of the genera are found on both sides . To the south of this line its western valleys are arid and its lower plains almost deserts ; and thus the absence ... forests are essential , 4 [ PART IIT . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... forest - clad , most of the genera are found on both sides . To the south of this line its western valleys are arid and its lower plains almost deserts ; and thus the absence ... forests are essential , 4 [ PART IIT . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... forests . It further possesses a grand mountain range , rivalling the Himalayas in altitude and far surpassing them in extent , and which , being wholly situated within the region and running through eighty degrees of latitude , offers ...
... forests . It further possesses a grand mountain range , rivalling the Himalayas in altitude and far surpassing them in extent , and which , being wholly situated within the region and running through eighty degrees of latitude , offers ...
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... forest - clad , most of the genera are found on both sides . To the south of this line its western valleys are arid and its lower plains almost deserts ; and thus the absence ... forests are essential , 4 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... forest - clad , most of the genera are found on both sides . To the south of this line its western valleys are arid and its lower plains almost deserts ; and thus the absence ... forests are essential , 4 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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