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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... ( belonging to the sub- family Licinidae ) to the Antilles only . Of these peculiar genera Cistula and Chondropoma are the most important , ranging over all the tropical parts of the region . Other important genera are Cyclotus and ...
... ( belonging to the sub- family Licinidae ) to the Antilles only . Of these peculiar genera Cistula and Chondropoma are the most important , ranging over all the tropical parts of the region . Other important genera are Cyclotus and ...
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... on the Pacific coast as far as to about 5 ° of south latitude , belong to south temperate America , or the sub - region of the Andes . Having already given a sketch of the zoological features of 22 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... on the Pacific coast as far as to about 5 ° of south latitude , belong to south temperate America , or the sub - region of the Andes . Having already given a sketch of the zoological features of 22 [ PART III . ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... belonging to the Caviida ; the larger ant - eaters ( Myrmecophaga ) ; sloths of the genus Bradypus ; 2 genera of armadillos ( Dasypodidae ) ; and two peculiar forms of the opossum family ( Didelphyidae ) . No group that is typically ...
... belonging to the Caviida ; the larger ant - eaters ( Myrmecophaga ) ; sloths of the genus Bradypus ; 2 genera of armadillos ( Dasypodidae ) ; and two peculiar forms of the opossum family ( Didelphyidae ) . No group that is typically ...
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... belonging to the following 12 families : Sylviida ( 1 ) , Troglo- dytidæ ( 2 ) , Cœrebidæ ( 4 ) , Tanagridæ ( 26 ) , Fringillidæ ( 8 ) , Ic- terida ( 5 ) , Pteroptochida ( 3 ) , Dendrocolaptidæ ( 12 ) , Formi- cariidae ( 16 ) ...
... belonging to the following 12 families : Sylviida ( 1 ) , Troglo- dytidæ ( 2 ) , Cœrebidæ ( 4 ) , Tanagridæ ( 26 ) , Fringillidæ ( 8 ) , Ic- terida ( 5 ) , Pteroptochida ( 3 ) , Dendrocolaptidæ ( 12 ) , Formi- cariidae ( 16 ) ...
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... belong the cock of the rock ( Rupicola ) , which ranges from Guiana to the Andes , and the marvellous umbrella - birds of the Rio Nigro and Upper Amazon ( Cephalopterus ) , which extends across the Ecuadorean Andes and into Costa Rica ...
... belong the cock of the rock ( Rupicola ) , which ranges from Guiana to the Andes , and the marvellous umbrella - birds of the Rio Nigro and Upper Amazon ( Cephalopterus ) , which extends across the Ecuadorean Andes and into Costa Rica ...
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