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They consist of two very large islands, Cuba and Hayti; 1 two of moderate size,
Jamaica and Portorico; and a chain of much smaller islands, St. Croix, Anguilla,
Barbuda, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, ...
They consist of two very large islands, Cuba and Hayti; 1 two of moderate size,
Jamaica and Portorico; and a chain of much smaller islands, St. Croix, Anguilla,
Barbuda, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, ...
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Thus, the northern range of Hayti is continued westward in Cuba, and eastward
in Portorico; while the south-western peninsula extends in a direct line towards
Jamaica, the depth between them being 600 fathoms. Between Portorico and
Hayti ...
Thus, the northern range of Hayti is continued westward in Cuba, and eastward
in Portorico; while the south-western peninsula extends in a direct line towards
Jamaica, the depth between them being 600 fathoms. Between Portorico and
Hayti ...
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found in Hayti and the other large islands, and it is not improbable that species
allied to Nasua and Dasypructa did exist, and have been destroyed by the dogs
of the invaders; though, on the other hand, these names may have been applied
to ...
found in Hayti and the other large islands, and it is not improbable that species
allied to Nasua and Dasypructa did exist, and have been destroyed by the dogs
of the invaders; though, on the other hand, these names may have been applied
to ...
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Hayti 40 , ,, . 17 35 55 Jamaica 67 , 2, 41 99 72 Portorico 40 , ,, 15 » 22 Lesser
Antilles 45 , , 24 35 92 If we count the ... and reckon as () when a genus is
common to two islands only, the numbers are as follows:—Cuba 74, Hayti 3},
Jamaica.
Hayti 40 , ,, . 17 35 55 Jamaica 67 , 2, 41 99 72 Portorico 40 , ,, 15 » 22 Lesser
Antilles 45 , , 24 35 92 If we count the ... and reckon as () when a genus is
common to two islands only, the numbers are as follows:—Cuba 74, Hayti 3},
Jamaica.
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In the foreground is the agouta (Solenodon cubanus), a remarkable insectivorous
animal which, with another species inhabiting Hayti, has no allies on the
American continent; nor anywhere in the world but in Madagascar, where a
group of ...
In the foreground is the agouta (Solenodon cubanus), a remarkable insectivorous
animal which, with another species inhabiting Hayti, has no allies on the
American continent; nor anywhere in the world but in Madagascar, where a
group of ...
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Page 159 - regions, not only now but as far back as we can clearly trace them in the past; and, secondly, of the existing radical diversity of the Australian region from the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere. Owing to the much greater extent of the old
Page 61 - to the great Central American isthmus; yet instead of exhibiting an intermixture of the productions of Florida and Venezuela, they differ widely from both these countries, possessing in some groups a degree of speciality only to be found elsewhere in islands far removed from any continent. They consist of two very large islands, Cuba and
Page 552 - catalogued on a uniform plan, and with a uniform nomenclature, a thoroughly satisfactory account of the Geographical Distribution of Animals will not be possible. But more than this is wanted. Many of the most curious relations between animal forms and their habitats, are entirely unnoticed, owing to the productions of the same locality
Page 553 - harmony of nature, and to a fuller comprehension of the complex relations and mutual interdependence, which link together every animal and vegetable form, with the ever-changing earth which supports them, into one grand organic whole.
Page 9 - the South American continent, its long isolation from the rest of the land surface of the globe, and the persistence through countless ages of all the conditions requisite for the development and increase of varied forms of animal life.
Page 81 - probably formed part of Central America, and may have been united with Yucatan and Honduras in one extensive tropical land. But their separation from the continent ; took place at a remote period, and they have since been broken up into numerous islands, which have probably undergone much submergence in recent times. This has led to that poverty of the higher forms of life, combined
Page 5 - combined with isolation is the predominant feature of Neotropical zoology, and no other region can approach it in the number of its peculiar family and generic types.
Page 342 - islands and sand-banks, and can evidently pass over a few miles of sea with ease; but the Nicobar bird is a very different case, because none of the numerous intervening islands offer a single example of the family. Instead of being a well-marked
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| Title | THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. |
| Author | ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE |
| Published | 1876 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 veeb. 2006 |
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