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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... species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilid¿ , with 115 genera , and nearly 400 species ; Tyrannid¿ , with more than 60 genera and nearly 300 species ; Tanagride , with 43 genera and 300 species ; Den- drocolaptide with ...
... species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilid¿ , with 115 genera , and nearly 400 species ; Tyrannid¿ , with more than 60 genera and nearly 300 species ; Tanagride , with 43 genera and 300 species ; Den- drocolaptide with ...
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... species of true crocodiles ( Crocodilida ) . The Chelonia ( tortoises ) are repre- sented by the families Testudinid¿ and Chelydid¿ , both of wide range ; but there are six peculiar genera , —Dermatemys and Stau- rotypus belonging to ...
... species of true crocodiles ( Crocodilida ) . The Chelonia ( tortoises ) are repre- sented by the families Testudinid¿ and Chelydid¿ , both of wide range ; but there are six peculiar genera , —Dermatemys and Stau- rotypus belonging to ...
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... species scat- tered over the other tropical regions . Casnonia and Lebia are cosmopolite , but most abundant in South America . Pachyteles is mostly South American but with a few species in West Africa ; while Lobodonotus has one species ...
... species scat- tered over the other tropical regions . Casnonia and Lebia are cosmopolite , but most abundant in South America . Pachyteles is mostly South American but with a few species in West Africa ; while Lobodonotus has one species ...
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... species in New Zealand ; Acanthoderes has one species in Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental and ...
... species in New Zealand ; Acanthoderes has one species in Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental and ...
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... species occurs in the Galapagos , although very closely allied to South American species . There remain 10 genera , all either American or peculiar to the Galapagos ; and on these we will remark in systematic order . 1. Mimus , the ...
... species occurs in the Galapagos , although very closely allied to South American species . There remain 10 genera , all either American or peculiar to the Galapagos ; and on these we will remark in systematic order . 1. Mimus , the ...
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