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 52
... inhabits Central America , from Panama to Guatemala , and , with Myxomys , a genus of Muridæ , are all at present discovered . Bassaris , a remarkable form of Procyonidæ , has been included in the Nearctic region , but it extends to the ...
... inhabits Central America , from Panama to Guatemala , and , with Myxomys , a genus of Muridæ , are all at present discovered . Bassaris , a remarkable form of Procyonidæ , has been included in the Nearctic region , but it extends to the ...
Page 54
... inhabits Nicara- gua ; Brachydactylus , one of the geckoes , is from Costa Rica ; while Phymatolepis , Lamanctus ... inhabiting Yucatan , with Leyla and Stra- bomantis ( Polypedatidæ ) found only in Costa Rica and Veragua , are peculiar ...
... inhabits Nicara- gua ; Brachydactylus , one of the geckoes , is from Costa Rica ; while Phymatolepis , Lamanctus ... inhabiting Yucatan , with Leyla and Stra- bomantis ( Polypedatidæ ) found only in Costa Rica and Veragua , are peculiar ...
Page 60
... inhabits N.-W. Mexico . Only 14 species of birds were obtained , of which 9 were land - birds ; but of these 4 were new species , one a peculiar variety , and another ( Parula insularis ) a species first found in the Tres Marias . With ...
... inhabits N.-W. Mexico . Only 14 species of birds were obtained , of which 9 were land - birds ; but of these 4 were new species , one a peculiar variety , and another ( Parula insularis ) a species first found in the Tres Marias . With ...
Page 63
... inhabiting Cuba the other Hayti . These are small animals about the size of a cat , with long shrew - like snout , bare rat ... inhabits St. Vincent , St. Lucia , and Grenada , and perhaps St. Thomas , and is the only mammal of any size ...
... inhabiting Cuba the other Hayti . These are small animals about the size of a cat , with long shrew - like snout , bare rat ... inhabits St. Vincent , St. Lucia , and Grenada , and perhaps St. Thomas , and is the only mammal of any size ...
Page 74
... inhabits Mexico and Florida . Genera which show a special relation to Central America are Euptoieta , Eumæus , and Nathalis . Almost all the other genera are South American , the total number recorded in each family as occurring in the ...
... inhabits Mexico and Florida . Genera which show a special relation to Central America are Euptoieta , Eumæus , and Nathalis . Almost all the other genera are South American , the total number recorded in each family as occurring in the ...
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