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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... South America . On the other hand many genera range into Mexico and Guatemala from the north , which never reach South America ; so that it is convenient to separate this district as a sub - region , which forms , to some extent , a ...
... South America . On the other hand many genera range into Mexico and Guatemala from the north , which never reach South America ; so that it is convenient to separate this district as a sub - region , which forms , to some extent , a ...
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... South America is not due to any direct transfer- ence from Australia , but that their introduction is comparatively recent , and that they came from the Old World by way of North America ( vol . i . , p . 155 ) . But the numerous and ...
... South America is not due to any direct transfer- ence from Australia , but that their introduction is comparatively recent , and that they came from the Old World by way of North America ( vol . i . , p . 155 ) . But the numerous and ...
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... America , and one extending as far south as the Andes of Bogota in South America . Tail - less Batrachians on the other hand , are abundant ; there being 14 families repre- sented , of which 4 , -Rhinophryndæ , Hylaplesidæ , Plectroman ...
... America , and one extending as far south as the Andes of Bogota in South America . Tail - less Batrachians on the other hand , are abundant ; there being 14 families repre- sented , of which 4 , -Rhinophryndæ , Hylaplesidæ , Plectroman ...
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... South America , where many species are found , belonging to two genera . Of the extensive family Silurida , three sub - families Silurida anomalo- pteræ , S. olisthopteræ , and S. branchiolæ , are confined to this region . The larger ...
... South America , where many species are found , belonging to two genera . Of the extensive family Silurida , three sub - families Silurida anomalo- pteræ , S. olisthopteræ , and S. branchiolæ , are confined to this region . The larger ...
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... South America ; Galerita , Callida , and Tetragonoderus , are large genera which are chiefly South American but with a few species scat- tered over the other tropical regions . Casnonia and Lebia are cosmopolite , but most abundant in South ...
... South America ; Galerita , Callida , and Tetragonoderus , are large genera which are chiefly South American but with a few species scat- tered over the other tropical regions . Casnonia and Lebia are cosmopolite , but most abundant in South ...
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