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, 2. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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... Characteristic Mammalia . To face page 3 24 • 3. Plate XV . A Scene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with ...
... Characteristic Mammalia . To face page 3 24 • 3. Plate XV . A Scene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with ...
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... characteristic genus being Stenogaster . Longicorns . This important group is largely developed , the country being well adapted to them ; and their distribution presents some features of interest . In the Prionidæ there are 6 peculiar ...
... characteristic genus being Stenogaster . Longicorns . This important group is largely developed , the country being well adapted to them ; and their distribution presents some features of interest . In the Prionidæ there are 6 peculiar ...
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... characteristic of the Old World , none being found exclusively in America , and only two or three being at all abundant there . The Tanagroid Passeres ( Families 24-33 ) are very characteristic of the New World , five being confined to ...
... characteristic of the Old World , none being found exclusively in America , and only two or three being at all abundant there . The Tanagroid Passeres ( Families 24-33 ) are very characteristic of the New World , five being confined to ...
Contents
General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region p 5Distinctive Charac | 15 |
Past History of the Neotropical Region p 80Table I Families of Animals | 91 |
THE NEARCTIC REGION | 113 |
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