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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Page 66
... probably not wholly so , since Cuba has also been well explored . This fact indicates , that the West Indian islands have undergone great changes , and that they were not peopled by immigration from surrounding countries while in the ...
... probably not wholly so , since Cuba has also been well explored . This fact indicates , that the West Indian islands have undergone great changes , and that they were not peopled by immigration from surrounding countries while in the ...
Page 81
... probably occurred , isolating Costa Rica and Veragua , which then may have had a greater extension , and have thus been able to develope their rich and peculiar fauna . The isthmus of Tehuantepec , at the south of Mexico , may , probably ...
... probably occurred , isolating Costa Rica and Veragua , which then may have had a greater extension , and have thus been able to develope their rich and peculiar fauna . The isthmus of Tehuantepec , at the south of Mexico , may , probably ...
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... ( probably by a northerly route ) between the more equatorial portions of Asia and Africa ; till those higher forms had become developed , which were afterwards differentiated into Simia , Presbytes , and Cynopithecus , on the one hand ...
... ( probably by a northerly route ) between the more equatorial portions of Asia and Africa ; till those higher forms had become developed , which were afterwards differentiated into Simia , Presbytes , and Cynopithecus , on the one hand ...
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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