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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... genera and species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidae , with 115 genera , and nearly 400 species ; Tyrannidæ , with more than 60 genera and nearly 300 species ; Tanagridæ , with 43 genera and 300 species ; Den ...
... genera and species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidae , with 115 genera , and nearly 400 species ; Tyrannidæ , with more than 60 genera and nearly 300 species ; Tanagridæ , with 43 genera and 300 species ; Den ...
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... genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features , they must be con- sidered separately . The snakes ( Ophidia ) differ from all other reptiles , and from most other orders of vertebrates , in the ...
... genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features , they must be con- sidered separately . The snakes ( Ophidia ) differ from all other reptiles , and from most other orders of vertebrates , in the ...
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... genera ( Iguanida ) . The three extensive Old World families Varanidæ , Lacertidæ , and Agamidæ , are absent from the entire American continent . In the order Crocodilia , America has the peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatorida ) ...
... genera ( Iguanida ) . The three extensive Old World families Varanidæ , Lacertidæ , and Agamidæ , are absent from the entire American continent . In the order Crocodilia , America has the peculiar family of the alligators ( Alligatorida ) ...
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... genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotidæ , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays , which are everywhere marine except in the great rivers ...
... genera is about 120. The peculiar families are Poly- centrida , with two genera ; Gymnotidæ , a family which includes the electric eels , ( 5 genera ) ; and Trygonidæ , the rays , which are everywhere marine except in the great rivers ...
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... genera and more than 800 species ; alone constituting a very important feature in the entomology of the region . But in almost all the other families there are numbers of peculiar genera , amounting in all to about 200 , or not far ...
... genera and more than 800 species ; alone constituting a very important feature in the entomology of the region . But in almost all the other families there are numbers of peculiar genera , amounting in all to about 200 , or not far ...
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