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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... genera and species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidæ ... peculiar to the Neotropical region ; but in using this number as a basis of ... genera , comprising more than half the species , have the prehensile tail , the ...
... genera and species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidæ ... peculiar to the Neotropical region ; but in using this number as a basis of ... genera , comprising more than half the species , have the prehensile tail , the ...
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... peculiar families , and several others which only range into the Nearctic region , as well as a very large number of pecu- liar or characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features ...
... peculiar families , and several others which only range into the Nearctic region , as well as a very large number of pecu- liar or characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features ...
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... peculiar genera , —Dermatemys and Stau- rotypus belonging to the former family , -Peltocephalus , Podo- cnemis , Hydromedusa , and Chelys , to the latter . Some of the Amazon river - turtles of the genus Podocnemys rival in size the ...
... peculiar genera , —Dermatemys and Stau- rotypus belonging to the former family , -Peltocephalus , Podo- cnemis , Hydromedusa , and Chelys , to the latter . Some of the Amazon river - turtles of the genus Podocnemys rival in size the ...
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... peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotida , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays , which are ...
... peculiar , while the number of peculiar genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotida , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays , which are ...
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... genera of Vertebrata which are altogether peculiar to it ; while it has representatives of 168 families out of a total of 330 , showing that 162 families are altogether absent . It has also representatives of 131 genera of Mammalia of ...
... genera of Vertebrata which are altogether peculiar to it ; while it has representatives of 168 families out of a total of 330 , showing that 162 families are altogether absent . It has also representatives of 131 genera of Mammalia of ...
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