﻿LtPE 
  Zones 
  op 
  Nbw 
  York 
  State 
  

  

  Carolinian 
  Faunal 
  Area 
  of 
  the 
  Austral 
  Zone, 
  in 
  red. 
  AUeghanian 
  Faunal 
  Area 
  of 
  the 
  

   Transition 
  Zone, 
  in 
  blue. 
  Canadian 
  Faunal 
  Area 
  of 
  the 
  Boreal 
  Zone, 
  in 
  green. 
  

  

  Admixture 
  of 
  Carolinian 
  forms 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  lowlands 
  and 
  warmer 
  valleys; 
  of 
  Boreal 
  forms 
  

   in 
  the 
  cooler 
  uplands, 
  swamps 
  and 
  gulUes. 
  

  

  The 
  darker 
  shading 
  shows 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  altitude 
  from 
  below 
  500 
  feet 
  m 
  the 
  Hudson 
  valley 
  

   and 
  Ontario 
  lowland 
  to 
  over 
  4000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  and 
  Catskills. 
  

  

  