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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... peculiar families are : Cærebidæ , or sugar - birds ; Phytotomidæ , or plant - cutters ; Pipridæ , or mana- kins ... species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidæ , with 115 genera , and nearly 400 species ; Tyrannidæ ...
... peculiar families are : Cærebidæ , or sugar - birds ; Phytotomidæ , or plant - cutters ; Pipridæ , or mana- kins ... species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidæ , with 115 genera , and nearly 400 species ; Tyrannidæ ...
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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 family of the alligators ( Alligatoride ) , as well as several species of true crocodiles ( Crocodilida ) . The Chelonia ( tortoises ) are repre- sented by the families Testudinidæ and Chelydidæ , both of wide range ; but there ...
... peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatoride ) , as well as several species of true crocodiles ( Crocodilida ) . The Chelonia ( tortoises ) are repre- sented by the families Testudinidæ and Chelydidæ , both of wide range ; but there ...
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... peculiar types . Three fami- lies , and three sub - family groups are ... species are found , belonging to two genera . Of the extensive family ... species . The Hap- lochitonidæ are confined to South America and Australia ; the American ...
... peculiar types . Three fami- lies , and three sub - family groups are ... species are found , belonging to two genera . Of the extensive family ... species . The Hap- lochitonidæ are confined to South America and Australia ; the American ...
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... 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 which 103 are peculiar to it , a proportion ...
... 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 which 103 are peculiar to it , a proportion ...
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