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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... Panama Galapagos Albemarle Charles Is . Chatham Chimborazo G.of ansa Guaviari S SBartholomew Antigua Guadaloupe Dominica Martiniquesucia St Vincent Barbados Grenada Tobago Trinidad nezuela Popay Esmeraldas Cotopa uador G.of Guyaquil ...
... Panama Galapagos Albemarle Charles Is . Chatham Chimborazo G.of ansa Guaviari S SBartholomew Antigua Guadaloupe Dominica Martiniquesucia St Vincent Barbados Grenada Tobago Trinidad nezuela Popay Esmeraldas Cotopa uador G.of Guyaquil ...
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... Panama becomes very important ; and , combined with the fact of 48 species of fish ( or 30 per cent . of those known ) being identical on the adjacent coasts of the two oceans ( as determined by Dr. Günther ) , render it probable that ...
... Panama becomes very important ; and , combined with the fact of 48 species of fish ( or 30 per cent . of those known ) being identical on the adjacent coasts of the two oceans ( as determined by Dr. Günther ) , render it probable that ...
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... Panama to Maracaybo , and southwards in the Magda- lena valley ; and on all the western side of the Andes to about 100 miles south of Guayaquil . On the N.E. coast of Brazil is a tract of open country , in some parts of which ( as near ...
... Panama to Maracaybo , and southwards in the Magda- lena valley ; and on all the western side of the Andes to about 100 miles south of Guayaquil . On the N.E. coast of Brazil is a tract of open country , in some parts of which ( as near ...
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... Panama , and perhaps extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms , are 8 genera of bats ; 3 peculiar forms of wild dog ; Pteronura , a genus of otters ; Inia , a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the ...
... Panama , and perhaps extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms , are 8 genera of bats ; 3 peculiar forms of wild dog ; Pteronura , a genus of otters ; Inia , a peculiar form of dolphin inhabiting the upper waters of the ...
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... Panama , if moderately increased in height , might become adapted for the passage of northern forms , while storms would often carry insects from peak to peak over intervening forest lowlands or narrow straits of sea . If this is the ...
... Panama , if moderately increased in height , might become adapted for the passage of northern forms , while storms would often carry insects from peak to peak over intervening forest lowlands or narrow straits of sea . If this is the ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belonging birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili China coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Plate Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand