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. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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... Characteristic Mammalia . 24 3 . Plate XV . A Seene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4 . Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 13 5 . Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic ...
... Characteristic Mammalia . 24 3 . Plate XV . A Seene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4 . Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 13 5 . Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic ...
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... Horn Falldand $ 3 Stanley Falkland Is . 120 no . 100 70 of 60 Green . 50 S. Geargia 30 40 50 40 30 20 Stanfords Geographical Estab London PLATE XIV . A BRAZILIAN FOREST , WITH CHARACTERISTIC MAMMALIA. NEOTROPICAL REGION.
... Horn Falldand $ 3 Stanley Falkland Is . 120 no . 100 70 of 60 Green . 50 S. Geargia 30 40 50 40 30 20 Stanfords Geographical Estab London PLATE XIV . A BRAZILIAN FOREST , WITH CHARACTERISTIC MAMMALIA. NEOTROPICAL REGION.
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... The birds which are especially characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of CHAP . XIV . ] 7 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... The birds which are especially characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of CHAP . XIV . ] 7 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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... characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features , they must be con- sidered separately . The snakes ( Ophidia ) differ from all other reptiles , and from most other orders of ...
... characteristic genera . As the orders of reptiles differ considerably in their distributional features , they must be con- sidered separately . The snakes ( Ophidia ) differ from all other reptiles , and from most other orders of ...
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... ; Orthalicus , Macroceramus , and Bulimulus have a wider range , the last two extending into the southern United States . Important and characteristic genera are , Glandina , C 2 CHAP . XIV . ] 19 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... ; Orthalicus , Macroceramus , and Bulimulus have a wider range , the last two extending into the southern United States . Important and characteristic genera are , Glandina , C 2 CHAP . XIV . ] 19 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
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