RICHEST LIFE REGION.
Taking into consideration both variety and peculiarity as regards the forms of life, the neotropical region, including South America, Central America, West Indies and Mexico, is undoubdedly the . most remarkable of the great divisions of the land recognised by zoologists and botanists.
Of- ordinary terrestrial cpiadrupcds ( mammals ) 37 families are represented, of which no fewer than eight are absolutely peculiar. Of birds no fewer than 73 families arc presented 23 ’of them peculiar, these including more than 400 sorts of hummingbirds—the brilliantly-coloured macaws and toucans and the South American ostriches.
There are 35 families of reptiles ( six peculiar ) those limited to this region being all of the lizard kind. Huge snakes are characteristic, the boa constrictor and the oven larger anaconda ( the largest known species ) being found nowhere else. The frogs and toads are represented by 16 families ( four peculiar ) and fresh-water fishes by 14 families ( four peculiar ).
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 16, Issue 93, 2 December 1902, Page 2
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151RICHEST LIFE REGION. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 16, Issue 93, 2 December 1902, Page 2
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