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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Page 44
... genus ; Mimodromius and Plagiotelium are near Calleida , a South American genus ; while Pachyteles , Pericompsus , Vario- palpus , and Calleida are widely spread American groups . The preponderance of northern forms seems , however , to ...
... genus ; Mimodromius and Plagiotelium are near Calleida , a South American genus ; while Pachyteles , Pericompsus , Vario- palpus , and Calleida are widely spread American groups . The preponderance of northern forms seems , however , to ...
Page 46
... genus is Dicerca , and even this occurs also in the Antilles , Brazil , and Peru . Of the peculiar genera , the largest , Dactylozodes ( 26 sp . ) , has one species in South Brazil , and is closely allied to Hyperantha , a genus of ...
... genus is Dicerca , and even this occurs also in the Antilles , Brazil , and Peru . Of the peculiar genera , the largest , Dactylozodes ( 26 sp . ) , has one species in South Brazil , and is closely allied to Hyperantha , a genus of ...
Page 54
... genus Anolius . Among the tortoises , Staurotypus , allied to Chelydra , is found in Mexico and Guatemala ; and another genus , Claudius , has been lately described from Mexico . Amphibia . These are chiefly Batrachians ; Rhinophryna ...
... genus Anolius . Among the tortoises , Staurotypus , allied to Chelydra , is found in Mexico and Guatemala ; and another genus , Claudius , has been lately described from Mexico . Amphibia . These are chiefly Batrachians ; Rhinophryna ...
Page 67
... genus are known , which are found only in Cuba and Jamaica . Just above these animals is a white - breasted trogon ( Prionoteles temnurus ) , confined to Cuba , and the only species of the genus . Near the top of the picture are a pair ...
... genus are known , which are found only in Cuba and Jamaica . Just above these animals is a white - breasted trogon ( Prionoteles temnurus ) , confined to Cuba , and the only species of the genus . Near the top of the picture are a pair ...
Page 67
... genus are known , which are found only in Cuba and Jamaica . Just above these animals is a white - breasted trogon ( Prionoteles temnurus ) , confined to Cuba , and the only species of the genus . Near the top of the picture are a pair ...
... genus are known , which are found only in Cuba and Jamaica . Just above these animals is a white - breasted trogon ( Prionoteles temnurus ) , confined to Cuba , and the only species of the genus . Near the top of the picture are a pair ...
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