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 , Galapagos ( p . 29 ) -Chilian Sub - region ( p . 36 ) -Birds ( p . 38 ) -Reptiles and Amphibia ( p . 40 ) -Fresh - water Fishes ( p . 42 ) -Lepidoptera ( p . 42 ) -Coleoptera ( p . 44 ) -Islands of South Temperate ...
... South America , Galapagos ( p . 29 ) -Chilian Sub - region ( p . 36 ) -Birds ( p . 38 ) -Reptiles and Amphibia ( p . 40 ) -Fresh - water Fishes ( p . 42 ) -Lepidoptera ( p . 42 ) -Coleoptera ( p . 44 ) -Islands of South Temperate ...
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... South Temperate portion of the continent , together with the high plateaus of the Andes to near the equator , form a well - marked subdivision , characterised by a peculiar fauna , very distinct both positively and negatively from that ...
... South Temperate portion of the continent , together with the high plateaus of the Andes to near the equator , form a well - marked subdivision , characterised by a peculiar fauna , very distinct both positively and negatively from that ...
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... South Temperate rivers , belong to the Perch family ( Percida ) ; Acharnes , found only in Guiana , belongs to the Nandida , a family of wide range in the tropics ; the Chromidæ , a family of exclusively fresh - water fishes found in ...
... South Temperate rivers , belong to the Perch family ( Percida ) ; Acharnes , found only in Guiana , belongs to the Nandida , a family of wide range in the tropics ; the Chromidæ , a family of exclusively fresh - water fishes found in ...
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... South Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ( 10 sp . ) , mostly Chilian ; Feronomorpha ( 6 sp . ) all Chilian ; and ...
... South Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ( 10 sp . ) , mostly Chilian ; Feronomorpha ( 6 sp . ) all Chilian ; and ...
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... south temperate zone . Of im- portant genera which range beyond the region , Dicerca is mainly Nearctic and Palearctic ; Cinyra has a species in North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the ...
... south temperate zone . Of im- portant genera which range beyond the region , Dicerca is mainly Nearctic and Palearctic ; Cinyra has a species in North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the ...
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