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Page 15
The American Castnias are large, thick-bodied insects, with a coarse scaly
surface and rich dull colours; differing widely from the glossy and gaily coloured
Agaristas, which are typical of the family in the East. Coleoptera.-This is so vast a
...
The American Castnias are large, thick-bodied insects, with a coarse scaly
surface and rich dull colours; differing widely from the glossy and gaily coloured
Agaristas, which are typical of the family in the East. Coleoptera.-This is so vast a
...
Page 23
Mammalia-Many of the most remarkable of the American monkeys are limited to
this sub-region; as Lagothria, Pithecia, and Brachyurus, limited to the great
Amazonian forests; Eriodes to south-east Brazil; and Callithric to tropical South ...
Mammalia-Many of the most remarkable of the American monkeys are limited to
this sub-region; as Lagothria, Pithecia, and Brachyurus, limited to the great
Amazonian forests; Eriodes to south-east Brazil; and Callithric to tropical South ...
Page 36
To the east we have the barren plains of Patagonia, gradually changing towards
the north into the more fertile, but still treeless, pampas of La Plata. Whether this
sub-region should be continued across the Rio de la Plata into Uruguay and ...
To the east we have the barren plains of Patagonia, gradually changing towards
the north into the more fertile, but still treeless, pampas of La Plata. Whether this
sub-region should be continued across the Rio de la Plata into Uruguay and ...
Page 37
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° to 48° S. latitude on the west side of the Andes, and from the
frontiers of ...
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° to 48° S. latitude on the west side of the Andes, and from the
frontiers of ...
Page 43
Most of these are from Chili, which is suffciently accounted for by the general
absence of wood on the east side of the Andes from Buenos Ayres to South
Patagonia. The families represented are as follows: Satyridae, with 11 genera
and 27 ...
Most of these are from Chili, which is suffciently accounted for by the general
absence of wood on the east side of the Andes from Buenos Ayres to South
Patagonia. The families represented are as follows: Satyridae, with 11 genera
and 27 ...
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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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