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We must exclude, however, the islands of Trinidad, Tobago, and a few other
small islands near the coast, which zoologically form a part of the main land.
Again, the South Temperate portion of the continent, together with the high
plateaus of ...
We must exclude, however, the islands of Trinidad, Tobago, and a few other
small islands near the coast, which zoologically form a part of the main land.
Again, the South Temperate portion of the continent, together with the high
plateaus of ...
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The genera of marine mollusca are very largely common to the east and west
coasts, more than 40 being so named in the ... The West Indian Islands being a
rich shell district, produce a number of peculiar forms, and the west coast of
South ...
The genera of marine mollusca are very largely common to the east and west
coasts, more than 40 being so named in the ... The West Indian Islands being a
rich shell district, produce a number of peculiar forms, and the west coast of
South ...
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On the west coast there is hardly any coral, while on the east it is abundant,
showing a difference of physical ... and, combined with the fact of 48 species of
fish (or 30 per cent. of those known) being identical on the adjacent coasts of the
two ...
On the west coast there is hardly any coral, while on the east it is abundant,
showing a difference of physical ... and, combined with the fact of 48 species of
fish (or 30 per cent. of those known) being identical on the adjacent coasts of the
two ...
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On the N.E. coast of Brazil is a tract of open country, in some parts of which (as
near Ceara) rain does not fall for years together ; but south of Cape St. Boque the
coast-forests of Brazil commence, extending to lat. 30° S., clothing all the valleys
...
On the N.E. coast of Brazil is a tract of open country, in some parts of which (as
near Ceara) rain does not fall for years together ; but south of Cape St. Boque the
coast-forests of Brazil commence, extending to lat. 30° S., clothing all the valleys
...
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The small islands of Fernando Noronha, Trinidad, and Martin Vaz, off the coast of
Brazil, are the only Atlantic islands somewhat remote from land; while the
Galapagos Archipelago in the Pacific is the only group whose productions have
been ...
The small islands of Fernando Noronha, Trinidad, and Martin Vaz, off the coast of
Brazil, are the only Atlantic islands somewhat remote from land; while the
Galapagos Archipelago in the Pacific is the only group whose productions have
been ...
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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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