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, 1. köideHarper and brothers, 1876 |
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... West 22,950 Bahamas India Isds Saha 23.250 . Lesser Antilles C.de Verde Hayti " CARIBBEAN SEA I GaDhin Senegal R Timbuctu Jamaica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica VENEZUELA Orinocol COLOMBIA Equator Galapagos Quito 15 एव . G.of ...
... West 22,950 Bahamas India Isds Saha 23.250 . Lesser Antilles C.de Verde Hayti " CARIBBEAN SEA I GaDhin Senegal R Timbuctu Jamaica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica VENEZUELA Orinocol COLOMBIA Equator Galapagos Quito 15 एव . G.of ...
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... West African Sub - region ( p . 262 ) -Islands of the West African Sub - region ( p . 265 ) -South African Sub - region ( p . 266 ) -Atlantic Islands of the Ethiopian Region ; -St . Helena ( p . 269 ) —Tristan d'Acunha ( p . 271 ) ...
... West African Sub - region ( p . 262 ) -Islands of the West African Sub - region ( p . 265 ) -South African Sub - region ( p . 266 ) -Atlantic Islands of the Ethiopian Region ; -St . Helena ( p . 269 ) —Tristan d'Acunha ( p . 271 ) ...
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... Western Tartary 218 5. Plate III . Characteristic Animals of North China 226 • 6. Map of the Ethiopian Region 251 • 7 . Plate IV . Characteristic Animals of East Africa 261 8 . Plate V. Scene in West Africa with Characteristic Animals ...
... Western Tartary 218 5. Plate III . Characteristic Animals of North China 226 • 6. Map of the Ethiopian Region 251 • 7 . Plate IV . Characteristic Animals of East Africa 261 8 . Plate V. Scene in West Africa with Characteristic Animals ...
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... West India islands . But shallow straits , like the English Channel or the Straits of Malacca , are not found to have the same effect , the animals being nearly or quite identical on their opposite shores . A change of climate or a ...
... West India islands . But shallow straits , like the English Channel or the Straits of Malacca , are not found to have the same effect , the animals being nearly or quite identical on their opposite shores . A change of climate or a ...
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... west , and cross over in three places only ; either from the south of Spain , in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar , from Sicily over Malta , or to the east by Greece and Cyprus . They are thus always in sight of land . The passage of most ...
... west , and cross over in three places only ; either from the south of Spain , in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar , from Sicily over Malta , or to the east by Greece and Cyprus . They are thus always in sight of land . The passage of most ...
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