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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... southern Andes . The climate of this region is exceptionally favourable . Owing to the lofty mountain range situated along its western margin , the moisture - laden trade winds from the Atlantic have free access to the interior . A ...
... southern Andes . The climate of this region is exceptionally favourable . Owing to the lofty mountain range situated along its western margin , the moisture - laden trade winds from the Atlantic have free access to the interior . A ...
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... southern continents . The Tinamidæ or tinamous , point to a still more remote antiquity , since their nearest allies are believed to be the Struthiones or ostrich tribe , of which a few repre- sentatives are scattered widely over the ...
... southern continents . The Tinamidæ or tinamous , point to a still more remote antiquity , since their nearest allies are believed to be the Struthiones or ostrich tribe , of which a few repre- sentatives are scattered widely over the ...
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... southern extremity of the continent . Carabidae . Besides a considerable number of cosmopolitan or wide - spread genera , this family is represented by more than 100 genera which are peculiar to the Neotropical region . The most ...
... southern extremity of the continent . Carabidae . Besides a considerable number of cosmopolitan or wide - spread genera , this family is represented by more than 100 genera which are peculiar to the Neotropical region . The most ...
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... Antillean only ; Orthalicus , Macroceramus , and Bulimulus have a wider range , the last two extending into the southern United States . Important and characteristic genera are , Glandina , C 2 CHAP . XIV . ] 19 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... Antillean only ; Orthalicus , Macroceramus , and Bulimulus have a wider range , the last two extending into the southern United States . Important and characteristic genera are , Glandina , C 2 CHAP . XIV . ] 19 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... southern extension of the Amazonian forests . The interior of Brazil is thus in the position of a great island - plateau , rising out of , and surrounded by , a lowland region of ever - verdant forest . The Brazilian sub- region ...
... southern extension of the Amazonian forests . The interior of Brazil is thus in the position of a great island - plateau , rising out of , and surrounded by , a lowland region of ever - verdant forest . The Brazilian sub- region ...
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