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Within this area of continuous forests, are included some open “campos,” or
patches of pasture lands, the most important being-the Campos of the Upper Rio
Branco on the northern boundary of Brazil; a tract in the interior of British Guiana;
...
Within this area of continuous forests, are included some open “campos,” or
patches of pasture lands, the most important being-the Campos of the Upper Rio
Branco on the northern boundary of Brazil; a tract in the interior of British Guiana;
...
Page 25
The northern portion of the continent west of the Orinooko has more character;
and there are indications that this has received many forms from Central and
North America, and thus blended two faunas once more distinct than they are
now.
The northern portion of the continent west of the Orinooko has more character;
and there are indications that this has received many forms from Central and
North America, and thus blended two faunas once more distinct than they are
now.
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The genus is especially abundant in Mexico, the Antilles, and the northern parts
of * Mr. Salvin, who has critically examined the ornithological fauna of these
islands, has kindly corrected my MS. List of the Birds, his valuable paper in the ...
The genus is especially abundant in Mexico, the Antilles, and the northern parts
of * Mr. Salvin, who has critically examined the ornithological fauna of these
islands, has kindly corrected my MS. List of the Birds, his valuable paper in the ...
Page 38
... reappears in this south temperate region without also occurring over much of
the intervening land. Mustela seems only to have reached Peru; Lepus is isolated
in Brazil; true Ursus does not pass south of Mexico. In birds, the northern groups
...
... reappears in this south temperate region without also occurring over much of
the intervening land. Mustela seems only to have reached Peru; Lepus is isolated
in Brazil; true Ursus does not pass south of Mexico. In birds, the northern groups
...
Page 42
... that we find clear indications of a not very remote migration of northern forms,
along the great mountain range to South Temperate America, where they have
established themselves as a prominent feature in the entomology of the country.
... that we find clear indications of a not very remote migration of northern forms,
along the great mountain range to South Temperate America, where they have
established themselves as a prominent feature in the entomology of the country.
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| Title | 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. köide 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, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Harper and brothers, 1876 |
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