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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... NEARCTIC REGION . Zoological Characteristics of the Nearctic Region ( p . 115 ) -List of Typical Ne- arctic Genera of Land Birds ( p 118 ) -Summary of Nearctic Vertebrata ( p . 120 ) -Insects ( p . 122 ) -Terrestrial and Fluviatile ...
... NEARCTIC REGION . Zoological Characteristics of the Nearctic Region ( p . 115 ) -List of Typical Ne- arctic Genera of Land Birds ( p 118 ) -Summary of Nearctic Vertebrata ( p . 120 ) -Insects ( p . 122 ) -Terrestrial and Fluviatile ...
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... Nearctic region . General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region . - Rich- ness combined with isolation is the predominant feature of Neotropical zoology , and no ... Neotropical region is. CHAP . XIV . ] 5 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... Nearctic region . General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region . - Rich- ness combined with isolation is the predominant feature of Neotropical zoology , and no ... Neotropical region is. CHAP . XIV . ] 5 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... Nearctic region , and that many Nearctic groups extend along the high - lands to the capital city of Mexico itself , and even considerably further south , there is much difficulty in determining what animals really belong to this sub - ...
... Nearctic region , and that many Nearctic groups extend along the high - lands to the capital city of Mexico itself , and even considerably further south , there is much difficulty in determining what animals really belong to this sub - ...
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... Nearctic region ; Heloderma forming a pecu- liar family , Helodermidæ , is Mexican only ; Abronia and Barissia ( Zonuridae ) are also Mexican , as is Siderolampus belonging to the Scincida , while Blepharactitis ( same family ) inhabits ...
... Nearctic region ; Heloderma forming a pecu- liar family , Helodermidæ , is Mexican only ; Abronia and Barissia ( Zonuridae ) are also Mexican , as is Siderolampus belonging to the Scincida , while Blepharactitis ( same family ) inhabits ...
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... Nearctic region . " This is clearly indicated both by the many Nearctic forms which do not pass south of Nicaragua , of which the turkeys ( Meleagris ) are a striking example , and by the comparative poverty of this area in typical ...
... Nearctic region . " This is clearly indicated both by the many Nearctic forms which do not pass south of Nicaragua , of which the turkeys ( Meleagris ) are a striking example , and by the comparative poverty of this area in typical ...
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