File:Distribution of Animals - West Africa.jpg

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River Scene in West Africa, with Characteristic Animals.

  • Right: red river-hog (as Potamochœrus penicillatus)
  • In tree overhead: potto (as Perodicticus potto)
  • Left: Potamogale velox
  • Other side of river: gorillas (as Troglodytes gorilla)
  • On wing: Whydah finch (as Vidua paradisea)
  • Crested bird overhead: green touracos (as Turacus macrorhynchus)
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Source The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Vol. I: Project Gutenberg : Internet Archive
Author Alfred Russel Wallace. Illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker (1814–1876).


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