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. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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... Panama , and perhaps extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms , are 8 genera of bats ; 3 peculiar forms of wild dog ; Pteronura , a genus of otters ; Inia , a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the ...
... Panama , and perhaps extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms , are 8 genera of bats ; 3 peculiar forms of wild dog ; Pteronura , a genus of otters ; Inia , a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the ...
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... Panama , and none inhabiting the West Indian islands . Sayornis has 3 species in North America , while Tanioptera , Cnipolegus , Muscisaxicola , and Centrites , range south to Patagonia . Sub - family III . PLATYRHYNICHINA ( 16 genera ...
... Panama , and none inhabiting the West Indian islands . Sayornis has 3 species in North America , while Tanioptera , Cnipolegus , Muscisaxicola , and Centrites , range south to Patagonia . Sub - family III . PLATYRHYNICHINA ( 16 genera ...
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... Panama , the species of this sub - family being especially abundant in the Equatorial forest districts . Sub - family II . FORMICIVORINE . ( 14 genera , 95 species . ) Only 8 species occur north of Panama , and less than one - third of ...
... Panama , the species of this sub - family being especially abundant in the Equatorial forest districts . Sub - family II . FORMICIVORINE . ( 14 genera , 95 species . ) Only 8 species occur north of Panama , and less than one - third of ...
Contents
General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region p 5Distinctive Charac | 15 |
THE NEARCTIC REGION | 113 |
Zoological Characteristics of the Nearctic Region p 115List of Typical | 120 |
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