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Chapter XXIX: Part III: Zoological Geography (9)

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| Sub-regions |
| 1=Hindostan. |
Order and Family | 2=Ceylon. | Range beyond the Region.
| 3=Indo-China. |
| 4=Indo-Malaya. |
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| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. |
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MAMMALIA. | | | | |
PRIMATES. | | | | |
1. Simiidæ | | | -- | -- |W. Africa
2. Semnopithecidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Tropical Africa
3. Cynopithecidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All Africa, S. Palæarctic
6. Lemuridæ | | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian
7. _Tarsiidæ_ | | | | -- |Celebes
| | | | |
CHIROPTERA. | | | | |
9. Pteropidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
11. Rhinolophidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The Eastern Hemisphere
12. Vespertilionidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
13. Noctilionidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Tropical regions
| | | | |
INSECTIVORA. | | | | |
14. _Galeopithecidæ_| | | | -- |
16. _Tupaiidæ_ | | -- | -- | -- |
17. Erinaceidæ | -- | -- | | -- |Palæarctic, S. Africa
21. Talpidæ | | | -- | |Palæarctic, Nearctic
22. Soricidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Palæarctic, Ethiopian,
| | | | | N. America
| | | | |
CARNIVORA. | | | | |
23. Felidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian
25. Viverridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, S. Palæarctic
27. Hyænidæ | -- | | | |Ethiopian, S. Palæarctic
28. Canidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian [?]
29. Mustelidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian
31. Æluridæ | | | -- | |Palæarctic
32. Ursidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Palæarctic, Nearctic, Chili
| | | | |
CETACEA. | | | | |Oceanic
| | | | |
SIRENIA. | | | | |
42. Manatidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, N. Pacific
| | | | |
UNGULATA. | | | | |
43. (Equidæ) | -- | | | |Palæarctic, Ethiopian
44. Tapiridæ | | | | -- |Neotropical
45. Rinocerotidæ | | | -- | -- |Ethiopian
47. Suidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Palæarctic, Ethiopian,
| | | | | Neotropical
49. Tragulidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |W. Africa
50. Cervidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Ethiopian and
| | | | | Australian
52. Bovidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian and
| | | | | Neotropical
53. Elephantidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian
| | | | |
RODENTIA. | | | | |
55. Muridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite, excl. Oceania
56. Spalacidæ | | | -- | -- |Palæarctic, Ethiopian
61. Sciuridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian
67. Hystricidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |S. Palæarctic, Ethiopian
70. Leporidæ | -- | -- | -- | |All regions but Australian
| | | | |
EDENTATA. | | | | |
72. Manididæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian
| | | | |
BIRDS. | | | | |
PASSERES. | | | | |
1. Turdidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Almost Cosmopolite
2. Sylviidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Almost Cosmopolite
3. Timaliidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
4. Panuridæ | | | -- | |Palæarctic
5. Cinclidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Not Ethiopian or Australian
6. Troglodytidæ | | | -- | -- |American and Palæarctic
8. Certhiidæ | -- | | -- | -- |Palæarctic, Nearctic,
| | | | | Australian
9. Sittidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Palæarctic, Nearctic,
| | | | | Australian, Madagascar
10. Paridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The Eastern Hemisphere and
| | | | | North America
11. _Liotrichidæ_ | | | -- | -- |
12. _Phyllornithidæ_| -- | -- | -- | -- |
13. Pycnonotidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Moluccas
14. Oriolidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The Eastern Hemisphere
15. Campephagidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
16. Dicruridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
17. Muscicapidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The Eastern Hemisphere
18. Pachycephalidæ | | | -- | -- |Australian
19. Laniidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The Eastern Hemisphere and
| | | | | North America
20. Corvidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
23. Nectariniidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
24. Dicæidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
30. Hirundinidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
33. Fringillidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian
34. Ploceidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
35. Sturnidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The Eastern Hemisphere
36. Artamidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Australian
37. Alaudidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Neotropical
38. Motacillidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
43. _Eurylæmidæ_ | | | -- | -- |
47. Pittidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
| | | | |
PICARIÆ. | | | | |
51. Picidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian
52. Yungidæ | -- | | | |Palæarctic
53. Indicatoridæ | | | -- | -- |Ethiopian
54. Megalæmidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Neotropical
58. Cuculidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
62. Coraciidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
63. Meropidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian
66. Trogonidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Neotropical, Ethiopian
67. Alcedinidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
68. Bucerotidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Austro-Malayan
69. Upupidæ | -- | -- | -- | |Ethiopian, S. Palæarctic
71. Podargidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Australian
73. Caprimulgidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
74. Cypselidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
| | | | |
PSITTACI. | | | | |
76. (Cacatuidæ) | | | | -- |Australian
78. Palæornithidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Austro-Malayan
| | | | |
COLUMBÆ. | | | | |
84. Columbidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
| | | | |
GALLINÆ. | | | | |
86. Pteroclidæ | -- | | | |Ethiopian, Palæarctic
87. Tetraonidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Eastern Hemisphere and North
| | | | | America
88. Phasianidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Palæarctic, North
| | | | | America
89. Turnicidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian,
| | | | | S. Palæarctic
90. Megapodiidæ | | | | -- |Australian
| | | | |
ACCIPITRES. | | | | |
94. Vulturidæ | -- | -- | -- | |All regions but Australian
96. Falconidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
97. Pandionidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
98. Strigidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
| | | | |
GRALLÆ. | | | | |
99. Rallidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
100. Scolopacidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
103. Parridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Tropical regions
104. Glareolidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Eastern Hemisphere
105. Charadriidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
106. Otididæ | -- | -- | -- | |Eastern Hemisphere
107. Gruidæ | -- | -- | -- | |All regions but Neotropical
113. Ardeidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
114. Plataleidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Almost Cosmopolite
115. Ciconiidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Almost Cosmopolite
117. Phænicopteridæ | -- | -- | | |Ethiopian, Neotropical,
| | | | | S. Palæarctic
| | | | |
ANSERES. | | | | |
118. Anatidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
119. Laridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
120. Procellariidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
121. Pelecanidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
124. Podicipidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
| | | | |
REPTILIA. | | | | |
OPHIDIA. | | | | |
1. Typhlopidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Nearctic
2. Tortricidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Austro-Malaya, S. America
3. _Xenopeltidæ_ | | | -- | -- |Celebes
4. _Uropeltidæ_ | | -- | | |
5. Calamariidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All the warmer regions
6. Oligodontidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |S. America, Japan
7. Colubridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Almost Cosmopolite
8. Homalopsidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All the regions
9. Psammophidæ | -- | | -- | -- |Ethiopian, S. Palæarctic
11. Dendrophidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian,
| | | | | Neotropical
12. Dryiophidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Neotropical
13. Dipsadidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Australian,
| | | | | Neotropical
14. Scytalidæ | | | | -- |Tropical America
15. Lycodontidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian
16. Amblycephalidæ | | | -- | -- |Neotropical
17. Pythonidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The tropical regions, and
| | | | | California
18. Erycidæ | -- | | -- | |Ethiopian, S. Palæarctic
19. _Acrochordidæ_ | | -- | | -- |
20. Elapidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Tropical regions, Japan,
| | | | | S. Carolina
23. Hydrophidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Australian, Panama, Madagascar
24. Crotalidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |America, E. Palæarctic
25. Viperidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Palæarctic
| | | | |
LACERTILIA. | | | | |
30. Varanidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Africa, Australia
33. Lacertidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The Eastern Hemisphere
34. Zonuridæ | | | -- | |America, S. Europe, Ethiopian
45. Scincidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Almost Cosmopolite
48. Acontiadæ | | -- | | |Ethiopian, Moluccas
49. Geckotidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Almost Cosmopolite
51. Agamidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |The Eastern Hemisphere
52. Chamæleonidæ | -- | -- | | |Ethiopian
| | | | |
CROCODILIA. | | | | |
54. Gavialidæ | -- | | | -- |N. Australia
55. Crocodilidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Neotropical,
| | | | | N. Australia
| | | | |
CHELONIA. | | | | |
57. Testudinidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All continents but Australia
59. Trionychidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Japan, E. of N. America,
| | | | | Africa
60. Cheloniidæ | | | | |Marine
| | | | |
AMPHIBIA. | | | | |
PSEUDOPHIDIA. | | | | |
1. Cæciliadæ | -- | -- | -- | |Ethiopian, Neotropical
| | | | |
URODELA. | | | | |
5. Salamandridæ | | | -- | |North temperate zone
| | | | |
ANOURA. | | | | |
7. Phryniscidæ | | | | -- |Ethiopian, Australian,
| | | | | Neotropical
9. Bufonidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All continents but Australia
11. Engystomidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Palæarctic
16. Hylidæ | | | -- | |All regions but Ethiopian
17. Polypedatidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Neotropical and all other
| | | | | regions
18. Ranidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Almost Cosmopolite
19. Discoglossidæ | | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Nearctic
| | | | |
FISHES. (FRESHWATER).| | | | |
ACANTHOPTERYGII. | | | | |
3. Percidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian
12. Scienidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian
33. Nandidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Neotropical
35. Labyrinthici | -- | -- | -- | -- |S. Africa, Moluccas
36. _Luciocephalidæ_| | | | -- |
39. _Ophiocephalidæ_| -- | -- | -- | -- |
46. _Mastacembelidæ_| -- | -- | -- | -- |
52. Chromidæ | | -- | | |Ethiopian, Neotropical
| | | | |
PHYSOSTOMI. | | | | |
59. Siluridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All warm regions
73. Cyprinodontidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |S. Palæarctic, Ethiopian,
| | | | | American
75. Cyprinidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Not in S. America and Australia
78. Osteoglossidæ | | | | -- |All tropical regions
82. Notopteridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |W. Africa
85. Symbranchidæ | -- | | -- | -- |Australian (? Marine)
| | | | | Neotropical
| | | | |
INSECTS. | | | | |
LEPIDOPTERA (PART). | | | | |
DIURNI (BUTTERFLIES.)| | | | |
1. Danaidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All warm regions and to Canada
2. Satyridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
3. Elymniidæ | | | -- | -- |Ethiopian, Moluccas
4. Morphidæ | | | -- | -- |Neotropical, Moluccas, and
| | | | | Polynesia
6. Acræidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All tropical regions
8. Nymphalidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
9. Libytheidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Absent from Australia
10. Nemeobeidæ | | | -- | -- |Not in Australia or Nearctic
| | | | | regions
13. Lycænidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
14. Pieridæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
15. Papilionidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
16. Hesperidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
| | | | |
SPHINGIDEA. | | | | |
17. Zygænidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
19. Agaristidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Australian, Ethiopian
20. Uraniidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All tropical regions
22. Ægeriidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Absent from Australia
23. Sphingidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite
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TABLE II.

GENERA OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIA AND BIRDS INHABITING THE ORIENTAL REGION.

EXPLANATION.

Names in _italics_ show genera peculiar to the region.

Names inclosed thus (...) show genera which just enter the region, but
are not considered properly to belong to it.

Genera truly belonging to the region are numbered consecutively.

_MAMMALIA._

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Order, Family, and | No. of| Range within | Range beyond
Genus. |Species| the Region. | the Region.
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PRIMATES. | | |
SIMIIDÆ. | | |
| | |
1. _Simia_ | 2 |Borneo and Sumatra |
2. _Hylobates_ | 7 |Sylhet to Java and |
| | S. China |
3. _Siamanga_ | 1 |Malacca and Sumatra |
| | |
SEMNOPITHECIDÆ. | | |
| | |
4. _Presbytes_ | 28 |Simla to Aracan and |Moupin, Palæarctic [?]
| | E. Thibet, Ceylon, |
| | and Java |
| | |
CYNOPITHECIDÆ. | | |
| | |
5. _Macacus_ | 22 |The whole region |S. Palæarctic
6. _Cynopithecus_ | 1 |Philippines |Celebes
| | |
(_Sub-Order_) | | |
_LEMUROIDEA._ | | |
| | |
LEMURIDÆ. | | |
| | |
7. _Nycticebus_ | 3 |E. Bengal to Java, and |
| | S. China |
8. _Loris_ | 1 |Ceylon and S. India |
| | |
TARSIIDÆ. | | |
| | |
9. _Tarsius_ | 1 |Sumatra, Borneo and | N. Celebes
| | Philippines |
| | |
CHIROPTERA. | | |
PTEROPIDÆ. | | |
| | |
10. Pteropus | 6 |The whole region |Tropics of E. Hemisp.
11. Xantharpyia | 1 |The whole region |Austro-Malaya,
| | | Ethiop.,
| | | S. Palæarctic
12. Cynopterus | 3 |The whole region |Tropical Africa
13. _Megærops_ | 1 |Sumatra |
14. Macroglossus | 1 |Java, Borneo, |Austro-Malaya
| | Philippines |
15. Harpyia | 1 |Philippines |Austro-Malaya
| | |
RHINOLOPHIDÆ. | | |
| | |
16. _Aquias_ | 2 |Nepal to Java |
17. _Phyllotis_ | 1 |Philippines |
18. Rhinolophus | 10 |The whole region |Warmer parts of
| | | E. Hem.
19. Hipposideros | 8 |The whole region |Austro-Malaya
20. Phyllorhina | 4 |Indo-Malay subregion |Austro-Malaya,
| | | Tropical Africa
21. Asellia | 1 |Java, Sumatra |Amboyna, Egypt
22. _Petalia_ | 1 |Java |
23. _Coelops_ | 1 |India (Bengal) |
24. _Rhinopoma_ | 1 |All India |Egypt, Palestine
25. Megaderma | 2 |The whole region |Ternate, N. Ethiopian
26. Nycteris | 1 |Java |Ethiopian
| | |
VESPERTILIONIDÆ. | | |
| | |
27. Scotophilus | 10 |The whole region |Austral., Nearc.,
| | | Neotrop.
28. Vespertilio | 12 |The whole region |Cosmopolite
29. Keriovula | 8 |The whole region |S. Africa, N. China
30. _Trilatitus_ | 2 |Indo-Malaya |?
31. _Noctulina_ | 3 |Nepal to Philippines |?
32. Miniopteris | 3 |Java, Philippines, and |S. Africa,
| | China | S. Palæarctic,
| | | Australian
33. _Murina_ | 2 |Himalayas to Java |?
34. Nycticejus | 8 |All India |Trop. Africa, Temp. .
| | | Amer
35. Harpiocephalus | 2 |Java and Philippines |
36. Taphozous | 4 |The whole region |Ethiop., Austro-
| | | Malayan, Neotropical
37. _Myotis_ | 3 |Himalayas |
38. Plecotus | 1 |Darjeeling |Timor, S. Palæarctic
39. Barbastellus | 1 |Himalayas |Europe
40. Nyctophilus | 1 |Mussoorie |Australian
| | |
NOCTILIONIDÆ. | | |
| | |
41. _Chiromeles_ | 1 |Indo-Malaya, Siam |
42. Nyctinomus | |The whole region |Madagascar, America
| | |
INSECTIVORA. | | |
GALEOPITHECIDÆ. | | |
| | |
43. _Galeopithecus_| 2 |Indo-Malay and |
| | Philippines, excl. |
| | Java |
| | |
TUPAIIDÆ. | | |
| | |
44. _Tupaia_ | 7 |S. and E. of India to |
| | Borneo |
45. _Hylomys_ | 2 |Tenasserim to Java and |
| | Borneo |
46. _Ptilocerus_ | 1 |Borneo |
| | |
ERINACEIDÆ. | | |
| | |
47. Erinaceus | 2 |Hindostan and Formosa |Palæarctic, S. Africa
48. _Gymnura_ | 1 |Malacca, Sumatra, |
| | Borneo |
| | |
TALPIDÆ. | | |
| | |
49. Talpa | 2 |Himalayas to Assam, & |Palæarctic
| | Formosa |
| | |
SORICIDÆ. | | |
| | |
50. Sorex | 21 |The whole region |All regions but
| | | Austral. and
| | | S. America
| | |
CARNIVORA. | | |
FELIDÆ. | | |
| | |
51. Felis | 20 |The whole region |All regions but
| | | Austral.
(Lynx | 1 |Central India) |Palæarctic, Ethiopian
52. Cynælurus | 1 |S. and W. India |S. Palæarctic,
| | | Ethiopian
| | |
VIVERRIDÆ. | | |
| | |
53. Viverra | 2 |The whole region |Ethiopian, Moluccas
54. _Viverricula_ | 2 |India to China and Java|
55. _Prionodon_ | 2 |Nepal to Borneo and |
| | Java |
56. _Hemigalea_ | 2 |Malacca and Borneo |
57. _Arctitis_ | 1 |Nepal to Sumatra and |
| | Java |
58. _Paradoxurus_ | 8 |The whole region |Ke Islands (?
| | | introduced)
59. _Paguma_ | 3 |Nepal to Malaya and |
| | China |
60. _Arctogale_ | 1 |Tenasserim and Malaya |
61. _Cynogale_ | 1 |Borneo |
62. Herpestes | 7 |The whole reg., excl. |S. Palæarctic,
| | Philippines | Ethiopian
63. Calogale | 4 |India to Cambodjia |Ethiopian
64. _Calictis_ | 1 |Ceylon ? |
65. _Urva_ | |N. India |
66. _Tæniogale_ | 1 |Central India |
67. _Onychogale_ | 1 |Ceylon |
| | |
HYÆNIDÆ. | | |
| | |
68. Hyæna | 1 |Hindostan, open country|S. Palæarctic,
| | | Ethiopian
| | |
CANIDÆ. | | |
| | |
69. Canis | 2 |All India |Almost Cosmopolite
70. _Cuon_ | 1 |India to Java |
71. Vulpes | 4 |All India |All Continents but S.
| | |America and Australia
(Nyctereutes | 1 |China) |Japan and Amoorland
| | |
MUSTELIDÆ. | | |
| | |
72. Martes | 2 |India, Ceylon, Java, |Palæarctic, Nearctic
| | and China |
73. Mustela | 3 |Himalayas to Bhotan and|Palæarc., Ethiop.,
| | China | Nearc.
74. _Gymnopus_ | 2 |Nepal to Borneo |
75. _Barangia_ | 1 |Sumatra |
76. Lutra | 5 |The whole region |Palæarctic
77. Aonyx | 2 |N. India, Malaya |W. and S. Africa
78. _Arctonyx_ | 1 |Nepal to Aracan |
(Meles | 1 |S. China) |Palæarctic genus
79. Mydaus | 1 |Sumatra, Java |
80. Mellivora | 1 |Hindostan |Ethiopian
81. _Helictis_ | 4 |Nepal, Formosa, China &|
| | Java |
| | |
ÆLURIDÆ. | | |
| | |
82. Ælurus | 1 |E. Himalayas to |Palæarctic ?
| | E. Thibet |
| | |
URSIDÆ. | | |
| | |
83. Ursus | 2 |Himalayas to China |Palæarctic, Nearctic
84. _Helarctos_ | 1 |Indo-Malaya |
85. _Melursus_ | 1 |Ganges to Ceylon |
| | |
CETACEA. | | |
DELPHINIDÆ. | | |
| | |
86. _Platanista_ | 2 |Ganges to India |
| | |
SIRENIA. | | |
MANATIDÆ. | | |
| | |
87. Halicore | 1 |Coasts of W. India, |E. Africa,
| | Ceylon, and | N. Australia
| | Indo-Malaya |
| | |
UNGULATA. | | |
TAPIRIDÆ. | | |
| | |
88. Tapirus | 1 |Malay Pen., Sumatra, |Neotropical
| | Borneo |
| | |
RHINOCEROTIDÆ. | | |
| | |
89. Rhinoceros | 5 |Nepal to Bengal, Siam, |Ethiopian
| | & Java |
| | |
SUIDÆ. | | |
| | |
90. Sus | 6 |The whole region |Palæarc., Austro-
| | | Malaya
| | |
TRAGULIDÆ. | | |
| | |
91. _Tragulus_ | 5 |India and Ceylon to |
| | Cambodja and Java |
| | |
CERVIDÆ. | | |
| | |
92. Cervus | 15 |The whole region |Palæarc., Amer.,
| | | Moluc.
93. _Cervulus_ | 4 |The whole region |
(Moschus | 1 |Himalayas above 8,000 |Central Asia,
| | feet) | Palæarctic
| | |
BOVIDÆ. | | |
| | |
94. _Bibos_ | 3 |India to Burmah, |
| | Formosa, and Java |
95. Bubalus | 1 |N. and N. Central India|Ethiopian,
| | | S. Palæarctic
96. _Portax_ | 1 |Peninsula of India |
97. Gazella | 1 |Deserts and plains of |Palæarctic deserts
| | India |
98. _Antilope_ | 1 |Open country of India |
99. _Tetraceros_ | 2 |Hilly districts all |
| | over India |
100. Nemorhedus | 3 |E. Himalayas and |N. China and Japan
| | Sumatra |
101. Capra | 1 |Neilgherries |Palæarctic, Nearctic
| | |
PROBOSCIDEA. | | |
ELEPHANTIDÆ. | | |
| | |
102. Elephas | |India to Siam, Sumatra |Ethiopian
| | & Borneo |
| | |
RODENTIA. | | |
MURIDÆ. | | |
| | |
103. Mus | 50 |The whole region |The E. Hemisphere
104. Acanthomys | 1 |India |Ethiopian, Australian
105. _Phlæomys_ | 1 |Philippines |
106._Platacanthomys_| 1 |S. W. India |
107. Meriones | 2 |India and Ceylon |Palæarctic, Ethiopian
108. _Spalacomys_ | 1 |India |
109. Arvicola | 2 |Himalayas |Palæarctic, Nearctic
| | |
SPALACIDÆ. | | |
| | |
110. Rhizomys | 3 |Nepal to Canton, |Abyssinia
| | Malacca and Sumatra |
| | |
SCIURIDÆ. | | |
| | |
111. Sciurus | 50 |The whole region |Cosmop., excl.
| | | Austral. region
112. Sciuropterus | 9 |India, and Ceylon to |N. and E. Palæarctic
| | Java, Formosa |
113. _Pteromys_ | 9 |India & Ceylon to |Japan
| | Borneo, Java, Formosa|
(Arctomys | 2 |W. Himalayas above |Palæarctic and
| | 8,000 ft.) | Nearctic
| | |
HYSTRICIDÆ. | | |
| | |
114. Hystrix | 3 |India and Ceylon, to |S. Palæarctic,
| | Malacca & S. China | Ethiopian
115. Atherura | 2 |India to Malaya |West Africa
116. _Acanthion_ | 2 |Nepal to Borneo and |
| | Java |
| | |
LEPORIDÆ. | | |
| | |
117. Lepus | 5 |India and Ceylon to |All regions but
| | S. China and Formosa | Austral.
| | |
ENDENTATA. | | |
MANIDIDÆ. | | |
| | |
118. Manis | 2 |Nepal to Ceylon, |Ethiopian
| | S. China and Java |
| | |

_BIRDS._

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