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
... less remarkable is the absence of many wide- spread groups . With the exception of one genus in the West Indian islands and a Sorex which reaches Guatemala and Costa Rica , the Insectivora are wholly wanting ; as is also the extensive ...
... less remarkable is the absence of many wide- spread groups . With the exception of one genus in the West Indian islands and a Sorex which reaches Guatemala and Costa Rica , the Insectivora are wholly wanting ; as is also the extensive ...
Page 15
... less than 23 families wholly confined within its limits , with 7 others which only extend into the Nearc- tic region . The names of the peculiar families are : Cærebidæ , or sugar - birds ; Phytotomidæ , or plant - cutters ; Pipridæ ...
... less than 23 families wholly confined within its limits , with 7 others which only extend into the Nearc- tic region . The names of the peculiar families are : Cærebidæ , or sugar - birds ; Phytotomidæ , or plant - cutters ; Pipridæ ...
Page 15
... less opposable thumb` ; and the absence of cheek- pouches , ischial callosities , and a bony ear - tube . The Hapalidæ , or marmozets , agree with the Cebidae in all these characters , but have others in addition which still more widely ...
... less opposable thumb` ; and the absence of cheek- pouches , ischial callosities , and a bony ear - tube . The Hapalidæ , or marmozets , agree with the Cebidae in all these characters , but have others in addition which still more widely ...
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... less perfectly developed than the great mass of Old World passeres ) are exclusively American , the three belonging to the Eastern hemisphere being of small extent . Another group of ten families - our " Tanagroid Passeres , " are ...
... less perfectly developed than the great mass of Old World passeres ) are exclusively American , the three belonging to the Eastern hemisphere being of small extent . Another group of ten families - our " Tanagroid Passeres , " are ...
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... less Batrachians . The Cæciliadæ or snake - like amphibia , are represented by two peculiar genera , Siphonopsis and Rhinatrema . Tailed Batrachians are almost unknown , only a few species of Spelerpes ( Salamandrida ) enter- ing ...
... less Batrachians . The Cæciliadæ or snake - like amphibia , are represented by two peculiar genera , Siphonopsis and Rhinatrema . Tailed Batrachians are almost unknown , only a few species of Spelerpes ( Salamandrida ) enter- ing ...
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