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 21
... 4 ° S. , long . 79 ° W. ) , high up in the Andes , on the west ; — a distance in a straight line of more than 2,500 English miles , along the whole of which there is ( almost certainly CHAP . XIV . ] 21 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... 4 ° S. , long . 79 ° W. ) , high up in the Andes , on the west ; — a distance in a straight line of more than 2,500 English miles , along the whole of which there is ( almost certainly CHAP . XIV . ] 21 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
Page 22
... whole of which there is ( almost certainly ) one con- tinuous virgin forest . Its greatest extent from north to south , is from the mouths of the Orinooko to the eastern slopes of the Andes near La Paz in Bolivia and a little north of ...
... whole of which there is ( almost certainly ) one con- tinuous virgin forest . Its greatest extent from north to south , is from the mouths of the Orinooko to the eastern slopes of the Andes near La Paz in Bolivia and a little north of ...
Page 23
... whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an indication of the more important groups which , on the one hand , are confined to it , and on the other are absent ; together with ...
... whole , the greater part of which will apply to this sub - region , we must here confine ourselves to an indication of the more important groups which , on the one hand , are confined to it , and on the other are absent ; together with ...
Page 27
... difficult to maintain such divisions , so that on the whole it seems better to treat the entire area as one sub - region , although recognizing the fact of its zoological and geographical diversity CHAP . XIV . 27 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
... difficult to maintain such divisions , so that on the whole it seems better to treat the entire area as one sub - region , although recognizing the fact of its zoological and geographical diversity CHAP . XIV . 27 THE NEOTROPICAL REGION .
Page 41
... whole American continent and is found in Patagonia ; Geckotidæ by four genera , two of which , - Caudiverbera and Homonota - are peculiar to Chili , while Spha- rodactylus and Cubina are Neotropical , the former ranging to Patagonia ...
... whole American continent and is found in Patagonia ; Geckotidæ by four genera , two of which , - Caudiverbera and Homonota - are peculiar to Chili , while Spha- rodactylus and Cubina are Neotropical , the former ranging to Patagonia ...
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