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... THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. - Page 61by ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE - 1876Full view - About this book
| 1878 - 790 lehte
...sub-regions. In position they form an unbroken chain uniting North and South America, in a line parallel to the great Central American isthmus; yet instead...these countries, possessing in some groups a degree of specialty only to bo found elsewhere in islands far removed from any continent. They consist of two... | |
| Robert Francis Scharff - 1911 - 584 lehte
...Dr. Wallace,f the Antilles form an unbroken chain uniting North and South America, in a line parallel to the great Central American isthmus. Yet instead...elsewhere in islands far removed from any continent. One other important feature which strikes the visitor to the islands is their extreme poverty in the... | |
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