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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... occur in the region , the Colubrida , Amblycephalidæ , and Pythonidæ , being those which are best represented by peculiar forms . There are 25 pecu- liar or characteristic genera , the most important being Dromicus ( Colubrida ) ; Boa ...
... occur in the region , the Colubrida , Amblycephalidæ , and Pythonidæ , being those which are best represented by peculiar forms . There are 25 pecu- liar or characteristic genera , the most important being Dromicus ( Colubrida ) ; Boa ...
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... occur elsewhere on the continent further south than Costa Rica . The only important external relation indicated by the Mammalia of this sub - region is towards the Ethiopian region , 2 genera of Echimyidae , Aulacodes and Petromys , ...
... occur elsewhere on the continent further south than Costa Rica . The only important external relation indicated by the Mammalia of this sub - region is towards the Ethiopian region , 2 genera of Echimyidae , Aulacodes and Petromys , ...
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... occurring in Eastern South America , that is in Brazil , Guiana , and the surrounding lowlands rather than in the ... occur among the Mammalia . At least 3 genera of monkeys are confined to the great lowland equatorial forests and 1 ...
... occurring in Eastern South America , that is in Brazil , Guiana , and the surrounding lowlands rather than in the ... occur among the Mammalia . At least 3 genera of monkeys are confined to the great lowland equatorial forests and 1 ...
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... occur here , so that out of about 680 genera of Neotropical land- birds more than 500 are represented in this sub - region . Without entering minutely into the distribution of species it is difficult to sub - divide this extensive ...
... occur here , so that out of about 680 genera of Neotropical land- birds more than 500 are represented in this sub - region . Without entering minutely into the distribution of species it is difficult to sub - divide this extensive ...
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... occurring in Eastern South America , that is in Brazil , Guiana , and the surrounding lowlands rather than in the ... occur among the Mammalia . At least 3 genera of monkeys are confined to the great lowland equa- torial forests and 1 ...
... occurring in Eastern South America , that is in Brazil , Guiana , and the surrounding lowlands rather than in the ... occur among the Mammalia . At least 3 genera of monkeys are confined to the great lowland equa- torial forests and 1 ...
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