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Latin American mammal region

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | 279 words | Copyright

Latin American mammal region A concept that is considered by the biogeographer Charles H. Smith to be more appropriate than the Neotropical faunal region in respect of mammals. It extends northwards from Tierra del Fuego to just across the southern borders of the United States.

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