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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... Ecuador . They consist of the large Albemarle island , 70 miles long ; four much smaller ( 18 to 25 miles long ) , named Narborough , James , Indefatigable , and Chat- ham Islands ; four smaller still ( 9 to 12 miles long ) , named ...
... Ecuador . They consist of the large Albemarle island , 70 miles long ; four much smaller ( 18 to 25 miles long ) , named Narborough , James , Indefatigable , and Chat- ham Islands ; four smaller still ( 9 to 12 miles long ) , named ...
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... Ecuador , has also a representative species found in several of the islands . 10. Zenaida , an American genus of pigeons , has a species in James Island and probably in some of the others , closely allied to a species from the west ...
... Ecuador , has also a representative species found in several of the islands . 10. Zenaida , an American genus of pigeons , has a species in James Island and probably in some of the others , closely allied to a species from the west ...
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... south latitude , and at from 8,000 to 12,000 feet altitude ; Lagidium ( 3 sp . ) , ranging over the Andes of Chili , Peru , and South Ecuador , from 11,000 to 16,000 feet altitude ; and Lagostomus (. 36 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... south latitude , and at from 8,000 to 12,000 feet altitude ; Lagidium ( 3 sp . ) , ranging over the Andes of Chili , Peru , and South Ecuador , from 11,000 to 16,000 feet altitude ; and Lagostomus (. 36 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... Ecuador ; Salvin , for Guatemala ; Frantzius , for Costa Rica ; Sclater , for Quadrumana N. of Panama ; Gundlach , for Cuba ; and papers by Dr. J. E. Gray , and Mr. Tomes . Birds . - Sclater and Salvin's Nomenclator ; Notes by Darwin ...
... Ecuador ; Salvin , for Guatemala ; Frantzius , for Costa Rica ; Sclater , for Quadrumana N. of Panama ; Gundlach , for Cuba ; and papers by Dr. J. E. Gray , and Mr. Tomes . Birds . - Sclater and Salvin's Nomenclator ; Notes by Darwin ...
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... The whole region 25. Sturnira 26. Desmodus 27. Saccopteryx 331 Chili to Guatemala 3 Chili to Mexico Ecuador California 69. Leptonyx ... 70. Ommatophoca ... 1 71. Morunga 72. CHAP . XIV . ] 91 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... The whole region 25. Sturnira 26. Desmodus 27. Saccopteryx 331 Chili to Guatemala 3 Chili to Mexico Ecuador California 69. Leptonyx ... 70. Ommatophoca ... 1 71. Morunga 72. CHAP . XIV . ] 91 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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