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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Page 22
... Venezuela appears to be forest country . The forest again pre- vails from 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. ...
... Venezuela appears to be forest country . The forest again pre- vails from 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. ...
Page 61
... Venezuela , they differ widely from both these countries , possessing in some groups a degree of speciality only to be found elsewhere in islands far removed from any continent . They consist of two very large islands , Cuba and Hayti ...
... Venezuela , they differ widely from both these countries , possessing in some groups a degree of speciality only to be found elsewhere in islands far removed from any continent . They consist of two very large islands , Cuba and Hayti ...
Page 65
... Venezuela - this amount of speciality in such locomotive creatures as birds , is probably unexampled in any other part of the globe . The most interesting of these peculiar genera are the following : 4 of Turdid¿ , or thrushes - 1 ...
... Venezuela - this amount of speciality in such locomotive creatures as birds , is probably unexampled in any other part of the globe . The most interesting of these peculiar genera are the following : 4 of Turdid¿ , or thrushes - 1 ...
Page 78
... Venezuela , while Panama and Costa Rica were sunk beneath the Pacific . At this time the Lesser Antilles had no existence . The only large island of whose geology we have any detailed account , is Jamaica ; and taking this as a. 78 ...
... Venezuela , while Panama and Costa Rica were sunk beneath the Pacific . At this time the Lesser Antilles had no existence . The only large island of whose geology we have any detailed account , is Jamaica ; and taking this as a. 78 ...
Page 93
... Venezuela and Peru 5 Mexico. Order , Family , and Genus . No. of Species . Range within the Region . Range beyond the Region . 58. Pteronura 59. Mephitis ... 1 Surinam and Brazil 3 Mexico to Sts . of Magellan Nearctic to Canada ...
... Venezuela and Peru 5 Mexico. Order , Family , and Genus . No. of Species . Range within the Region . Range beyond the Region . 58. Pteronura 59. Mephitis ... 1 Surinam and Brazil 3 Mexico to Sts . of Magellan Nearctic to Canada ...
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