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Pyrenseo-Caucasian axial chain, characterised by the presence 

 of many Bats, Red Deer and Roebuck, Dentirostral birds, many 

 small Rodents, few true Reptiles, Cyprinoid fishes, Carabicine 

 and Staphyline Beetles. 3rd. Aralo-Caspian, stretching to 

 Siberia, rich in Rodents, Reptiles, the home of the Saiga 

 Antelope. 4th. Tartarian, the plateau region of Asia, the home 

 of the Horse, Sheep, Bactrian Camel, Yak, &c. 5th. Medi- 

 terranean, characterised by the Viverridae, Jackal, Lion and 

 Leopard, Fallow Deer, Pterocles, Flamingo, Ibis, Platalea, 

 Pelican, and Coleoptera Heteromera. 6th. Japanese, the pro- 

 vince of the Sieboldia, Inuus speciosus, Ursus lasiotis, &c. 

 7th. Chinese, the home of the Phasianidae, Labyrinthobranch 

 Fishes, &c. 



In the Nearctic are included : — ist. The Western Circum- 

 polar, resembling the Eastern closely, and characterised by 

 the White Bear, Salmonidse, Beaver, and fur animals. Musk 

 Ox, &c. 2nd. North American, the region of the Insectivores, 

 small Carnivores, Bison, Deer, Virginian Opossum, Dentiros- 

 tral, and Conirostral Birds, Tortoises and Percoids, Unionidae 

 and Astacoids. 



The Neotropical region includes: — ist. Mexico-Antillean, 

 the home of the Ganoids, Amia, Lepidosteus, Scaphirhynchus, 

 Phyllostomine Bats, Solenodon, Ascomys, Dicotyles, Cer- 

 colabes. Alligator, Anolius, land Crabs, and land Mollusca. 

 2nd. Brazilian, characterized by Edentates, Platyrrhine 

 Monkeys, Vampires, Capybara, Pontoporia, and birds. This 

 is the richest ornithological province in the world, the land of 

 the Trochilidae, &c. 3rd. Peruvian, the region of the Llama, 

 Condor, Eriomys, Octodon, &c. 4. Pampas, the province of 

 the Lagostomus, Harpalidae, &c. 



The Ethiopian includes: — ist. The Saharan, the home of 

 the Ostrich, Hyaena, Jackal, Jerboa, Percnopterus, Varani, and 

 Seines, Locusts, and Melasomidae. 2nd. The Guineean, the 

 province of the Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Mandrill, Cercopithecus, 

 Colobus, Manis and Orycterope, Hyaemoschus, Rhinoceros 

 and Choeropsis, Manatees and Potamogale, Malapterurus,* 

 Polypterus, Gymnarchus, Termites, &c. 3rd. South African, 

 the kingdom of the Antilopes, Pedetes, Giraffe, Lion, Hip- 

 popotamus, Gypogeranus, Snakes, the larger Cicindelidae, 



