. Europe and other continents . Fig. 51. Buffalo cow and camel in the Nile. These animals are common to Africa and southern Asia. North and South America have some animals in com-mon, such as the puma, jaguar, and tapir; but on the 68 GENERAL GEOGRAPHY whole there is a marked difference between the faunas ofthe two continents (Fig. 50). One reason for this differ-ence is that in past ages South America was entirely cutoff from the northern continent. Africa has much the same climate as South America;but, being so widely separated by ocean water, the faunasof these two continents are entirelydi
. Europe and other continents . Fig. 51. Buffalo cow and camel in the Nile. These animals are common to Africa and southern Asia. North and South America have some animals in com-mon, such as the puma, jaguar, and tapir; but on the 68 GENERAL GEOGRAPHY whole there is a marked difference between the faunas ofthe two continents (Fig. 50). One reason for this differ-ence is that in past ages South America was entirely cutoff from the northern continent. Africa has much the same climate as South America;but, being so widely separated by ocean water, the faunasof these two continents are entirelydifferent. On the other hand, manyof the animals of southern Asia, suchas the lion and elephant (Fig. 52),are similar to those of Africa (), since the two land areas are soclose together. The north temperate zone, includ-ing much of North America andEurasia, has closely related species ofplant and animal life. Throughoutthis vast area there are pines, spruces,hemlocks, oaks, maples, etc., on theone hand, and bears, wild cat
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