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. köide |
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... without also occurring over much of the intervening land . Mustela seems only
to have reached Peru ; Lepus is isolated in Brazil ; true Ursus does not pass
south of Mexico . In birds , the northern groups rarely go further south than
Mexico or ...
... without also occurring over much of the intervening land . Mustela seems only
to have reached Peru ; Lepus is isolated in Brazil ; true Ursus does not pass
south of Mexico . In birds , the northern groups rarely go further south than
Mexico or ...
Page 51
In Mexico it forms an extensive table - land , from 6,000 to 9,000 feet above the
sea , with numerous volcanic peaks from 12,000 to 18,000 feet high ; but in
Yucatan and Honduras , the country is less elevated , though still mountainous .
On the ...
In Mexico it forms an extensive table - land , from 6,000 to 9,000 feet above the
sea , with numerous volcanic peaks from 12,000 to 18,000 feet high ; but in
Yucatan and Honduras , the country is less elevated , though still mountainous .
On the ...
Page 52
Owing to the fact that the former Republic of Mexico comprised much territory that
belongs to the Nearctic region , and that many Nearctic groups extend along the
high - lands to the capital city of Mexico itself , and even considerably further ...
Owing to the fact that the former Republic of Mexico comprised much territory that
belongs to the Nearctic region , and that many Nearctic groups extend along the
high - lands to the capital city of Mexico itself , and even considerably further ...
Page 54
Chirotes , one of the Amphisbanians , is confined to Mexico and the southern part
of the Nearctic region ; Heloderma forming a peculiar family , Helodermid¿ , is
Mexican only ; Abronia and Barissia ( Zonurid¿ ) are also Mexican , as is ...
Chirotes , one of the Amphisbanians , is confined to Mexico and the southern part
of the Nearctic region ; Heloderma forming a peculiar family , Helodermid¿ , is
Mexican only ; Abronia and Barissia ( Zonurid¿ ) are also Mexican , as is ...
Page 56
The majority of the genera range over the whole sub - region from Panama to
Mexico , but there are a considerable number , comprising many of the most
characteristic South American forms , which do not pass north of Costa Rica or ...
The majority of the genera range over the whole sub - region from Panama to
Mexico , but there are a considerable number , comprising many of the most
characteristic South American forms , which do not pass north of Costa Rica or ...
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| Title | 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. köide 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, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Harper and brothers, 1876 |
| Original from | Illinoisi Ülikool – Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 31 aug. 2017 |
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