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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... Tropical South America , therefore , is here considered to form but one sub - region . The portion of North America that lies within the tropics , closely resembles the last sub - region in general zoological features . It possesses ...
... Tropical South America , therefore , is here considered to form but one sub - region . The portion of North America that lies within the tropics , closely resembles the last sub - region in general zoological features . It possesses ...
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... Tropical South America . Sixteen of the families of snakes 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 ...
... Tropical South America . Sixteen of the families of snakes 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 ...
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... Tropical America abound in fish of many strange forms and peculiar types ... South America , where many species are found , belonging to two genera . Of ... South Temperate rivers , belong to the Perch family ( Percidæ ) ; Acharnes ...
... Tropical America abound in fish of many strange forms and peculiar types ... South America , where many species are found , belonging to two genera . Of ... South Temperate rivers , belong to the Perch family ( Percidæ ) ; Acharnes ...
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... tropical ; but there are also a number of genera ( 26 ) peculiar to Chili and South Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ...
... tropical ; but there are also a number of genera ( 26 ) peculiar to Chili and South Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ...
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... tropical parts of the region ; Cylindrella , in Central America and the Antilles ; Bulimus , containing many large and handsome species in South America ; Stenogyra , widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South ...
... tropical parts of the region ; Cylindrella , in Central America and the Antilles ; Bulimus , containing many large and handsome species in South America ; Stenogyra , widely spread in the tropics ; and Streptaxis , in Tropical South ...
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