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along the whole of which there is (almost certainly) one continuous virgin forest.
Its greatest extent from north to south, is from the mouths of the Orinooko to the
eastern slopes of the Andes near La Paz in Bolivia and a little north of Sta. Cruz
de ...
along the whole of which there is (almost certainly) one continuous virgin forest.
Its greatest extent from north to south, is from the mouths of the Orinooko to the
eastern slopes of the Andes near La Paz in Bolivia and a little north of Sta. Cruz
de ...
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from the Straits of Magellan to Bolivia, with one species in South Brazil. Dolichotis
, one of the Cavies, ranges from Patagonia to Mendoza, and on the east coast to
374° S. latitude. Myopotamus (1 sp.), the coypu (Echimyidae), ranges from 33° ...
from the Straits of Magellan to Bolivia, with one species in South Brazil. Dolichotis
, one of the Cavies, ranges from Patagonia to Mendoza, and on the east coast to
374° S. latitude. Myopotamus (1 sp.), the coypu (Echimyidae), ranges from 33° ...
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inhabiting Chili, La Plata, and Bolivia; Chionididae (1 genus, 2 sp.) the “sheath-
bills,” found only at the southern extremity of the continent and in Kerguelen's
Island, which with the other antarctic lands perhaps comes best here;
Thinocoridae ...
inhabiting Chili, La Plata, and Bolivia; Chionididae (1 genus, 2 sp.) the “sheath-
bills,” found only at the southern extremity of the continent and in Kerguelen's
Island, which with the other antarctic lands perhaps comes best here;
Thinocoridae ...
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is peculiar to Lake Titicaca in the high Andes of Bolivia; Jenynsia (1 sp.) in the
Rio de la Plata —all belonging to the characteristic South American family of the
Cyprinodontidae. Insects—It is in insects more than in any other class of animals,
...
is peculiar to Lake Titicaca in the high Andes of Bolivia; Jenynsia (1 sp.) in the
Rio de la Plata —all belonging to the characteristic South American family of the
Cyprinodontidae. Insects—It is in insects more than in any other class of animals,
...
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Mycetes 10 E. Guatemala to Paraguay 6. Pithecia ... 7 Equatorial Forests 7.
Brachiurus 5 | Equatorial Forests 8. Nyctipithecus ... 5 Nicaragua to Amazonia 9.
Saimiri's ... 3 Costa Rica to Brazil and Bolivia 10. Cal/thria: 11 Panama to
Paraguay ...
Mycetes 10 E. Guatemala to Paraguay 6. Pithecia ... 7 Equatorial Forests 7.
Brachiurus 5 | Equatorial Forests 8. Nyctipithecus ... 5 Nicaragua to Amazonia 9.
Saimiri's ... 3 Costa Rica to Brazil and Bolivia 10. Cal/thria: 11 Panama to
Paraguay ...
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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 |
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