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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... 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 concerned ) consisting of 8 genera and 28 ...
... 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 concerned ) consisting of 8 genera and 28 ...
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... distinct families , and 1 genus of Ardeida , Palamedeida , and Anatidae respectively . The preceding enumeration shows how very rich this sub - region is in peculiar types of all the most characteristic American 24 [ PART III ...
... distinct families , and 1 genus of Ardeida , Palamedeida , and Anatidae respectively . The preceding enumeration shows how very rich this sub - region is in peculiar types of all the most characteristic American 24 [ PART III ...
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... distinct than they are now . The family of wood - warblers ( Mniotiltidæ ) seems to have belonged to this more northern fauna ; for out of 18 genera only 5 extend south of the equator , while 6 range from Mexico or the Antilles into ...
... distinct than they are now . The family of wood - warblers ( Mniotiltidæ ) seems to have belonged to this more northern fauna ; for out of 18 genera only 5 extend south of the equator , while 6 range from Mexico or the Antilles into ...
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... distinct faunas which here met together , and thus greatly assisted in the marvellous development of animal and vegetable life , which no other continent can match . But this development , and the fusion of the various faunas into one ...
... distinct faunas which here met together , and thus greatly assisted in the marvellous development of animal and vegetable life , which no other continent can match . But this development , and the fusion of the various faunas into one ...
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... distinct and well - marked species . 2. Dendrveca , an extensive and wide - spread genus of the wood - warblers ( Mniotiltidæ ) , is represented by one species , which ranges over the greater part of the archipelago . The genus is ...
... distinct and well - marked species . 2. Dendrveca , an extensive and wide - spread genus of the wood - warblers ( Mniotiltidæ ) , is represented by one species , which ranges over the greater part of the archipelago . The genus is ...
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