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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... , found in Australian and African rivers , are represented in South America by the peculiar Arapaima , the " pirarucu " of the Amazon . The ancient Sirenoidei , also found in Australia 12 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... , found in Australian and African rivers , are represented in South America by the peculiar Arapaima , the " pirarucu " of the Amazon . The ancient Sirenoidei , also found in Australia 12 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... Amazon . The ancient Sirenoidei , also found in Australia and Africa , have the Lepidosiren as their American representative . Lastly , Ellipisurus is a genus of rays peculiar to the fresh waters of South America . We may expect these ...
... Amazon . The ancient Sirenoidei , also found in Australia and Africa , have the Lepidosiren as their American representative . Lastly , Ellipisurus is a genus of rays peculiar to the fresh waters of South America . We may expect these ...
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... Amazon ; Apomecyna ranges through the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North America , and Europe ; Phaa is wholly Neo ...
... Amazon ; Apomecyna ranges through the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North America , and Europe ; Phaa is wholly Neo ...
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... Amazon near its mouth , and extending some little distance on its south bank at Santarem . On the northern bank of the Orinooko are the Llanos , or flat open plains , partly flooded in the rainy season ; but much of the interior of ...
... Amazon near its mouth , and extending some little distance on its south bank at Santarem . On the northern bank of the Orinooko are the Llanos , or flat open plains , partly flooded in the rainy season ; but much of the interior of ...
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... Amazon ; tapirs of the genus Tapirus ( a distinct genus being found north of Panama ) ; 4 genera of Muridae ; Ctenomys , a genus of Octodontidae ; the whole family of Echimyidæ , or spiny rats , ( as far as the American continent is ...
... Amazon ; tapirs of the genus Tapirus ( a distinct genus being found north of Panama ) ; 4 genera of Muridae ; Ctenomys , a genus of Octodontidae ; the whole family of Echimyidæ , or spiny rats , ( as far as the American continent is ...
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