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 15
... East . Coleoptera . This is so vast a subject that , as in the case of the regions already treated , we must confine our attention to a few of the more important and best known families as representatives of the entire order ...
... East . Coleoptera . This is so vast a subject that , as in the case of the regions already treated , we must confine our attention to a few of the more important and best known families as representatives of the entire order ...
Page 23
... east Brazil ; and Callithrix to tropical South America . All the marmosets ( Hapalid¿ ) are also confined to this sub - region , one only being found at Panama , and perhaps extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms ...
... east Brazil ; and Callithrix to tropical South America . All the marmosets ( Hapalid¿ ) are also confined to this sub - region , one only being found at Panama , and perhaps extending a little beyond it . Among other peculiar forms ...
Page 36
... east we have the barren plains of Patagonia , gradually changing towards the north into the more fertile , but still treeless , pampas of La Plata . Whether this sub - region should be continued across the Rio de la Plata into Uruguay ...
... east we have the barren plains of Patagonia , gradually changing towards the north into the more fertile , but still treeless , pampas of La Plata . Whether this sub - region should be continued across the Rio de la Plata into Uruguay ...
Page 37
... east coast to 37 ° S. latitude . Myopotamus ( 1 sp . ) , the coypu ( Echimyidae ) , ranges from 33 ° to 48 ° S. latitude on the west side of the Andes , and from the frontiers of Peru to 42 ° S. on the east side . Reithrodon and Acodon ...
... east coast to 37 ° S. latitude . Myopotamus ( 1 sp . ) , the coypu ( Echimyidae ) , ranges from 33 ° to 48 ° S. latitude on the west side of the Andes , and from the frontiers of Peru to 42 ° S. on the east side . Reithrodon and Acodon ...
Page 43
... east side of the Andes from Buenos Ayres to South Patagonia . The families represented are as follows : Satyrid¿ , with 11 genera and 27 species , are the most abundant ; Nymphalid¿ , 2 genera and 8 species ; Lemoniid¿ , 1 genus , 1 ...
... east side of the Andes from Buenos Ayres to South Patagonia . The families represented are as follows : Satyrid¿ , with 11 genera and 27 species , are the most abundant ; Nymphalid¿ , 2 genera and 8 species ; Lemoniid¿ , 1 genus , 1 ...
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