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 126
... rivers . To the north the limits are undefined ; but as a considerable number of species and genera occur in the United States but not in Canada , it will be convenient to draw the line somewhere near the boundary of the two countries ...
... rivers . To the north the limits are undefined ; but as a considerable number of species and genera occur in the United States but not in Canada , it will be convenient to draw the line somewhere near the boundary of the two countries ...
Page 128
... rivers . Amphibia . - California possesses two genera of Salamandridæ , Aneides and Heredia , which do not extend to the other sub- regions . Fresh - water Fish . - There are two or three peculiar genera of Cyprinidæ , but the sub ...
... rivers . Amphibia . - California possesses two genera of Salamandridæ , Aneides and Heredia , which do not extend to the other sub- regions . Fresh - water Fish . - There are two or three peculiar genera of Cyprinidæ , but the sub ...
Page 131
... River , and has hardly any relation to that of Upper California . It possesses a considerable number ( about twenty ) of ... rivers and lakes of the Great Central Basin , and the Colorado River , contain many peculiar forms of Cyprinidæ ...
... River , and has hardly any relation to that of Upper California . It possesses a considerable number ( about twenty ) of ... rivers and lakes of the Great Central Basin , and the Colorado River , contain many peculiar forms of Cyprinidæ ...
Page 146
... River , Arkansas 1 N. E. United States & Canada 926 Maine to Arctic Ocean & Greenl . 6 N. America to 57 ° N. Lat . Neotropical N. Palearctic Arctic zone Neotr . , Palæarc . , Orien . Between Missouri & Rocky Mtns . E. Europe Central ...
... River , Arkansas 1 N. E. United States & Canada 926 Maine to Arctic Ocean & Greenl . 6 N. America to 57 ° N. Lat . Neotropical N. Palearctic Arctic zone Neotr . , Palæarc . , Orien . Between Missouri & Rocky Mtns . E. Europe Central ...
Page 147
... River and Carolina 6 New Mexico to British Columbia 2 Upper Missouri to Hudson's Bay New Mexico to Alabama and Ne- braska 5 62. Saccomys ... 1 N. America CASTORIDE . Mexico 63. Castor SCIURIDE 64. Sciurus 65. Sciuropterus 66. Tamias 1 N ...
... River and Carolina 6 New Mexico to British Columbia 2 Upper Missouri to Hudson's Bay New Mexico to Alabama and Ne- braska 5 62. Saccomys ... 1 N. America CASTORIDE . Mexico 63. Castor SCIURIDE 64. Sciurus 65. Sciuropterus 66. Tamias 1 N ...
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