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 31
... inhabit separate islands . 4. Progne , the American martins ( Hirundinida ) , is represented by a peculiar species . 5. Geospiza , a peculiar genus of finches , of which no less than eight species occur in the archipelago , but not more ...
... inhabit separate islands . 4. Progne , the American martins ( Hirundinida ) , is represented by a peculiar species . 5. Geospiza , a peculiar genus of finches , of which no less than eight species occur in the archipelago , but not more ...
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... 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 ...
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... inhabiting all Patagonia and the pampas . Perhaps the Caria- midæ have almost as much right here as in the last sub - region , inhabiting as they do , the " pampas " of La Plata and the up- land campos " of Brazil ; and even among the ...
... inhabiting all Patagonia and the pampas . Perhaps the Caria- midæ have almost as much right here as in the last sub - region , inhabiting as they do , the " pampas " of La Plata and the up- land campos " of Brazil ; and even among the ...
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... 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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... inhabiting Southern Patagonia ; and a species of mouse , probably one of the American genera Hesperomys or ... inhabit these islands . Juan Fernandez . - This island is situated in the Pacific Ocean , about 400 miles west of Valparaiso ...
... inhabiting Southern Patagonia ; and a species of mouse , probably one of the American genera Hesperomys or ... inhabit these islands . Juan Fernandez . - This island is situated in the Pacific Ocean , about 400 miles west of Valparaiso ...
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