CHAP. XIV.] 



THE NEOTROPICAL REGION. 



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TABLE I. 

 FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE NEOTROPICAL REGION. 



Explanation. 



Names in italics show the families which are peculiar to the region. 



Names enclosed thus ( ) indicate families which barely enter the region, and are 



not considered properly to belong to it. 

 Numbers correspond with those of the series of families in Part I V. 



Order and Family. 



MAMMALIA. 

 Primates. 



4. Cebidce 



5. Hapalidce 



Chiroptera. 



10. Thyllostomidoe 



12. Vespertilionidae 



13. Noctilionidse... 



Insectivora. 

 Centetidse 



Carnivora. 



23. Felidse ... 



28. Canidae ... 



29. Mustelidae 



30. Procyonidse 



32. Ursidse ... 



33. Otariidse... 

 35. Phocidae... 



Cetacea. 

 36 to 41 



Sirenia. 

 42. Manatidse 



Ungulata. 

 44 Tapiiidae 



47. Saidae ... 



48. Camelidaj 

 50. Cervidae... 



Sub-regions. 



« -^ 

 S 



(?) 



(?) 



Range beyond the Region. 



California 



Cosmopolite 



All tropical regions 



All regions but Australian 



All regions but Australian 



All regions but Australian 



N. America 



All regions but Ethiopian and Australian 



S. temperate zone 



N. and S. temperate zones 



Oceanic 



Tropical shores 



Indo-Malaya 



Cosmopolite, excl, Australia 



Palaearctic 



All regions but Ethiopian and Australian 



