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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 37
... inhabits the Andes of Peru and Chili , and the guanaco which ranges over the plains of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego . Although this genus is allied to the Old World camels , it is a very distinct form , and its introduction from North ...
... inhabits the Andes of Peru and Chili , and the guanaco which ranges over the plains of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego . Although this genus is allied to the Old World camels , it is a very distinct form , and its introduction from North ...
Page 41
... Neotropical , and one genus inhabits New Zealand . The Chilian genus Calyptocephalus is allied to Australian tropical genera . The Neotropical genera of Ranidæ , five of which extend CHAP . XIV . ] 41 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... Neotropical , and one genus inhabits New Zealand . The Chilian genus Calyptocephalus is allied to Australian tropical genera . The Neotropical genera of Ranidæ , five of which extend CHAP . XIV . ] 41 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... inhabits Central America , from Panama to Guatemala , and , with Myxomys , a genus of Muridæ , are all at present discovered . Bassaris , a remarkable form of Procyonidæ , has been included in the Nearctic region , but it extends to the ...
... inhabits Central America , from Panama to Guatemala , and , with Myxomys , a genus of Muridæ , are all at present discovered . Bassaris , a remarkable form of Procyonidæ , has been included in the Nearctic region , but it extends to the ...
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... inhabits Nicara- gua ; Brachydactylus , one of the geckoes , is from Costa Rica ; while Phymatolepis , Lamanctus ... inhabiting Yucatan , with Leyla and Stra- bomantis ( Polypedatidæ ) found only in Costa Rica and Veragua , are peculiar ...
... inhabits Nicara- gua ; Brachydactylus , one of the geckoes , is from Costa Rica ; while Phymatolepis , Lamanctus ... inhabiting Yucatan , with Leyla and Stra- bomantis ( Polypedatidæ ) found only in Costa Rica and Veragua , are peculiar ...
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... inhabits N.-W. Mexico . Only 14 species of birds were obtained , of which 9 were land - birds ; but of these 4 were new species , one a peculiar variety , and another ( Parula insularis ) a species first found in the Tres Marias . With ...
... inhabits N.-W. Mexico . Only 14 species of birds were obtained , of which 9 were land - birds ; but of these 4 were new species , one a peculiar variety , and another ( Parula insularis ) a species first found in the Tres Marias . With ...
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