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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... Arctic Circle celand Faroe British Isles Hammerfests M 40 50 60 70 80 90 Novaia Zemlia Lapland Archangel 100 . 110 120 Lena 130 140 150 160 170 180 R.Oby S B E R Yakutske Denmark , S P Paris Ips Corsica Baltic Berlin A Vienna Adriatic S ...
... Arctic Circle celand Faroe British Isles Hammerfests M 40 50 60 70 80 90 Novaia Zemlia Lapland Archangel 100 . 110 120 Lena 130 140 150 160 170 180 R.Oby S B E R Yakutske Denmark , S P Paris Ips Corsica Baltic Berlin A Vienna Adriatic S ...
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... Arctic Europe : To Dr. Hooker , for information on the colours and odours of New Zealand plants : To Mr. Kirby , for a list of the butterflies of Chili : To Professor Mivart , for a classification of the Batrachia , and an early proof ...
... Arctic Europe : To Dr. Hooker , for information on the colours and odours of New Zealand plants : To Mr. Kirby , for a list of the butterflies of Chili : To Professor Mivart , for a classification of the Batrachia , and an early proof ...
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... Arctic Fauna characterise an independent Region ( p . 68 ) -Palæarctic Region ( p . 71 ) Ethiopian Region ( p . 73 ) -Oriental Region ( p . 75 ) -- Australian Re- gion ( p . 77 ) -Neotropical Region ( p.78 ) -Nearctic Region ( p . 79 ) ...
... Arctic Fauna characterise an independent Region ( p . 68 ) -Palæarctic Region ( p . 71 ) Ethiopian Region ( p . 73 ) -Oriental Region ( p . 75 ) -- Australian Re- gion ( p . 77 ) -Neotropical Region ( p.78 ) -Nearctic Region ( p . 79 ) ...
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... arctic Region ( p . 231 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Palæ- arctic Region ( p . 234 ) —Table II . List of the Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds of the Palearctic Region ( p . 239 ) 181-250 · CHAPTER XI . THE ...
... arctic Region ( p . 231 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Palæ- arctic Region ( p . 234 ) —Table II . List of the Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds of the Palearctic Region ( p . 239 ) 181-250 · CHAPTER XI . THE ...
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... arctic regions are strongly characterised by their white bears and foxes , their reindeer , ermine , and walruses , their white ptarmigan , owls , and falcons ; the temperate zone has its foxes and wolves , its rabbits , sheep , beavers ...
... arctic regions are strongly characterised by their white bears and foxes , their reindeer , ermine , and walruses , their white ptarmigan , owls , and falcons ; the temperate zone has its foxes and wolves , its rabbits , sheep , beavers ...
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