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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Page 61
... Hayti ; two of moderate size , Jamaica and Portorico ; and a chain of much smaller islands , St. Croix , Anguilla , Barbuda , Antigua , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Barbadoes , and Grenada , with a host ...
... Hayti ; two of moderate size , Jamaica and Portorico ; and a chain of much smaller islands , St. Croix , Anguilla , Barbuda , Antigua , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Barbadoes , and Grenada , with a host ...
Page 62
... Hayti is continued westward in Cuba , and eastward in Portorico ; while the south - western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them being 600 fathoms . Between Portorico and Hayti there is only 250 ...
... Hayti is continued westward in Cuba , and eastward in Portorico ; while the south - western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them being 600 fathoms . Between Portorico and Hayti there is only 250 ...
Page 63
... Hayti and the other large islands , and it is not im- probable that species allied to Nasua and Dasyprocta did exist , and have been destroyed by the dogs of the invaders ; though , on the other hand , these names may have been applied ...
... Hayti and the other large islands , and it is not im- probable that species allied to Nasua and Dasyprocta did exist , and have been destroyed by the dogs of the invaders ; though , on the other hand , these names may have been applied ...
Page 66
... Hayti 40 17 وو " ; Jamaica 67 41 99 Portorico 40 Lesser Antilles 45 وو وو وو وو 15 24 99 دو وو دو وو دو دو 79 " " If we count the peculiar genera of each island , and reckon as ( 1 ) when a genus is common to two islands only , the ...
... Hayti 40 17 وو " ; Jamaica 67 41 99 Portorico 40 Lesser Antilles 45 وو وو وو وو 15 24 99 دو وو دو وو دو دو 79 " " If we count the peculiar genera of each island , and reckon as ( 1 ) when a genus is common to two islands only , the ...
Page 66
... Hayti , has no allies on the American continent ; nor anywhere in the world but in Madagascar , where a group of animals are found constituting the family Centetidae , to which Solenodon is said undoubtedly to belong . Above it are a ...
... Hayti , has no allies on the American continent ; nor anywhere in the world but in Madagascar , where a group of animals are found constituting the family Centetidae , to which Solenodon is said undoubtedly to belong . Above it are a ...
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