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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... Coast Blewfields Bank Jamaica Bermudas 60 50 40 ANTILLEAN Caicos Is . Haiti Samigna IS Porto s ingston Chiriqui L. Vaghagres G.of Panama Galapagos Albemarle Charles Is . Chatham Chimborazo G.of ansa Guaviari S SBartholomew Antigua ...
... Coast Blewfields Bank Jamaica Bermudas 60 50 40 ANTILLEAN Caicos Is . Haiti Samigna IS Porto s ingston Chiriqui L. Vaghagres G.of Panama Galapagos Albemarle Charles Is . Chatham Chimborazo G.of ansa Guaviari S SBartholomew Antigua ...
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... coast , which zoologically form a part of the main land . Again , the 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 ...
... coast , which zoologically form a part of the main land . Again , the 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 ...
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... the lists published by Mr. Woodward . The West Indian Islands being a rich shell dis- trict , produce a number of peculiar forms , and the west coast of South America is , to some extent , peopled by. 20 [ PART III ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... the lists published by Mr. Woodward . The West Indian Islands being a rich shell dis- trict , produce a number of peculiar forms , and the west coast of South America is , to some extent , peopled by. 20 [ PART III ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... coast there is hardly any coral , while on the east it is abundant , showing a difference of physical conditions that must have greatly influenced the development of mollusca . When these various counteracting influences are taken into ...
... coast there is hardly any coral , while on the east it is abundant , showing a difference of physical conditions that must have greatly influenced the development of mollusca . When these various counteracting influences are taken into ...
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... coast of Brazil is a tract of open country , in some parts of which ( as near Ceara ) rain does not fall for years together ; but south of Cape St. Roque the coast - forests of Brazil commence , extending to lat . 30 ° S. , clothing all ...
... coast of Brazil is a tract of open country , in some parts of which ( as near Ceara ) rain does not fall for years together ; but south of Cape St. Roque the coast - forests of Brazil commence , extending to lat . 30 ° S. , clothing all ...
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