The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface

"The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2" by Alfred Russel Wallace, examines the animal life in different areas of the world and how it all connectes back to the history of our planet. The book takes us to the Neotropical region, like South America, to show off its amazing variety of animals. Wallace talks a lot about which animals live where, especially mammals and birds, offering ideas as to why they're found in certain spots because of the way the land and climate have changed over long periods of time. By comparing creatures that are alive now with those that are extinct, the pages reveal clues about how the Earth's surface has shifted and transformed over vast stretches of time.