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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... Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 67 . 115 7. Plate XVIII . Scene in ...
... Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 67 . 115 7. Plate XVIII . Scene in ...
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... Amazon R Marajo o 10 20 30 Pard Maranhao Ceara Fernando Noronho Pernambuco 20 40 Tropic of Capricorn B Estosta SFelix Ambrose Tucuman P Catamared Juan Fernandez Mas a fuera LI Par Concepcion EXPLANATION Terrestrial Contours From Sea ...
... Amazon R Marajo o 10 20 30 Pard Maranhao Ceara Fernando Noronho Pernambuco 20 40 Tropic of Capricorn B Estosta SFelix Ambrose Tucuman P Catamared Juan Fernandez Mas a fuera LI Par Concepcion EXPLANATION Terrestrial Contours From Sea ...
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... innumerable streams , which cut deep ravines and carry down such an amount of sediment , that they have formed the vast plains of the Amazon , of Para- guay , and of the Orinooko out of what were. CHAPTER XIV THE NEOTROPICAL REGION.
... innumerable streams , which cut deep ravines and carry down such an amount of sediment , that they have formed the vast plains of the Amazon , of Para- guay , and of the Orinooko out of what were. CHAPTER XIV THE NEOTROPICAL REGION.
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... Amazon to above the snow - line on the Andes ; which abounds both in genera , species , and individuals , and is yet strictly confined to this continent alone ! How vast must have been the time required to develop those beautiful and ...
... Amazon to above the snow - line on the Andes ; which abounds both in genera , species , and individuals , and is yet strictly confined to this continent alone ! How vast must have been the time required to develop those beautiful and ...
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... Amazon river - turtles of the genus Podocnemys rival in size the largest species of true marine turtles ( Cheloniida ) , and are equally good for food . Amphibia . - The Neotropical region possesses representatives of sixteen . families ...
... Amazon river - turtles of the genus Podocnemys rival in size the largest species of true marine turtles ( Cheloniida ) , and are equally good for food . Amphibia . - The Neotropical region possesses representatives of sixteen . families ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belonging birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili China coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Plate Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand