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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... MALAY ARCHIPELAGO , " ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS . AAMILAALA EXO NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , FRANKLIN SQUARE . 1876 . CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME . PART III . (. THE GEOGRAPHICAL.
... MALAY ARCHIPELAGO , " ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS . AAMILAALA EXO NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , FRANKLIN SQUARE . 1876 . CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME . PART III . (. THE GEOGRAPHICAL.
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... Malay islands and Tropical South America . Sixteen of the families of snakes occur in the region , the Colubridæ , Amblycephalidæ , and Pythonidæ , being those which are best represented by peculiar forms . There are 25 pecu- liar or ...
... Malay islands and Tropical South America . Sixteen of the families of snakes occur in the region , the Colubridæ , Amblycephalidæ , and Pythonidæ , being those which are best represented by peculiar forms . There are 25 pecu- liar or ...
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... Malay archipelago . Tetracha , another large genus , has species in Australia and a few in North America and Europe . The small genus Peridexia is divided between Brazil and Mada- gascar , a somewhat similar distribution to that of ...
... Malay archipelago . Tetracha , another large genus , has species in Australia and a few in North America and Europe . The small genus Peridexia is divided between Brazil and Mada- gascar , a somewhat similar distribution to that of ...
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... Malay bear , and probably forming a distinct genus , which has been named Tremarctos . Four genera of Octo- dontidae are also peculiar to this sub - region , or almost so ; Habro- comus ( 1 sp . ) is Chilian ; Spalacopus ( 2 sp . ) is ...
... Malay bear , and probably forming a distinct genus , which has been named Tremarctos . Four genera of Octo- dontidae are also peculiar to this sub - region , or almost so ; Habro- comus ( 1 sp . ) is Chilian ; Spalacopus ( 2 sp . ) is ...
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... Malay peninsula . FAMILY 2. - SEMNOPITHECIDE . ( 2 Genera , 30 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
... Malay peninsula . FAMILY 2. - SEMNOPITHECIDE . ( 2 Genera , 30 Species . ) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION . ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB - REGIONS . SUB ...
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