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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Page 51
... Pacific side this is almost entirely wanting , the mountains rising almost immediately from the sea shore . With the exception of the elevated plateaus of Mexico and Guatemala , and the extremity of the peninsula of Yucatan , the whole ...
... Pacific side this is almost entirely wanting , the mountains rising almost immediately from the sea shore . With the exception of the elevated plateaus of Mexico and Guatemala , and the extremity of the peninsula of Yucatan , the whole ...
Page 55
... Pacific Oceans . On the whole , 11 families are represented among the fresh - water fish , and about 38 genera . Of these , 14 are specially Nearctic , -Amiurus ( Silurida ) ; Fundu- lus ( Cyprinodontidae ) ; Sclerognathus ( Cyprinidæ ) ...
... Pacific Oceans . On the whole , 11 families are represented among the fresh - water fish , and about 38 genera . Of these , 14 are specially Nearctic , -Amiurus ( Silurida ) ; Fundu- lus ( Cyprinodontidae ) ; Sclerognathus ( Cyprinidæ ) ...
Page 59
... Pacific shores of tropical America , which is much more closely allied to that of the Caribbean sea , and even of West Africa , than to that of the Pacific islands . The families and many of the genera are the same , and a certain ...
... Pacific shores of tropical America , which is much more closely allied to that of the Caribbean sea , and even of West Africa , than to that of the Pacific islands . The families and many of the genera are the same , and a certain ...
Page 78
... Rica were sunk beneath the Pacific . At this time the Lesser Antilles had no existence . The only large island of whose geology we have any detailed account , is Jamaica ; and taking this as a 78 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... Rica were sunk beneath the Pacific . At this time the Lesser Antilles had no existence . The only large island of whose geology we have any detailed account , is Jamaica ; and taking this as a 78 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
Page 126
... Pacific . To the north it may include Van- couver's Island and the southern part of British Columbia , while to the south it extends to the head of the Gulf of California . The fourth division , comprises the remainder of North America ...
... Pacific . To the north it may include Van- couver's Island and the southern part of British Columbia , while to the south it extends to the head of the Gulf of California . The fourth division , comprises the remainder of North America ...
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