Evolution, 4th Edition

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Futuyma Kirkpatrick Evolution, 4e
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FIGURE 18.3 Examples of taxa endemic to the Neotropical bio-
geographic realm. (A) A giant anteater (order Xenarthra).
(B) The chestnut-crowned antpitta (Formicariidae) represents a
huge evolutionary radiation of suboscine birds in the Neotropics.
(C) This armored catfish belongs to the Callichthyidae, one of

many families of freshwater catfishes restricted to South America.
(D) Most bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) live on branches of trees in
wet forests in tropical America. (Bromeliaceae are almost Neo-
tropical endemics, but one species has dispersed to western
Africa.)

Futuyma Kirkpatrick Evolution, 4e
Sinauer Associates
Troutt Visual Services
Evolution4e_1804.ai Date 11-02-2016

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FIGURE 18.4 Examples of disjunct
distributions. (A) Among the many
genera of plants found in both eastern
North America (on left) and eastern
Asia (on right) are lady-slipper orchids
(Cypripedium). (B) Boas (family Boidae)
are distributed in tropical America and
in southern Pacific islands. On the left
is the South American emerald tree
boa (Corallus caninus); on the right is
a Pacific boa, Candoia aspera, from
New Guinea. (A, B by D. J. Futuyma.)

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