CONTENTS. 



Classification adopted in this volume, and Dates of Appearance of Families of 

 Mammals in Geological Time ........ 



CHAPTEB 

 I. 



II. 

 III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



X. 



XI. 



XII. 

 XIII. 

 XIV. 



XV. 

 XVI. 

 XVII. 



Introduction ......... 



Preliminary Inquiries — Origin of Species — Specific Centres 



Preliminary Inquii-ies continued — Modes of Dispersal of Species 



Geography of the Globe since the Secondary Epoch — Subsidence in Southern 

 and Elevation in Northern Hemispheres — Coral Reefs — Bands of Elevation 

 and Depression .......... 



Past Geographj' of the Globe continued — Miocene Atlantis — Glacial Epoch 



Glacial Epoch continued ..... 



Majimals — Classification and Mutual Aifiuities 



Distribution of Man — Black and White Races . 



Distribution of Man continued — Hill Tribes of India — Rank and Prior 

 Black and White Races .... 



Monkej's — Extinct and Living 



LemuridaB — Famia of Madagascar 



Carnivora — Aifinities — Extinct Feline Species — Origin and Distribution — 



Bone-caves in Brazil — Mauvaises Torres ...... 



Carnivora continued — Existing Feline Species — Their Distribution in Borneo 



ity of 



Carnivora continued — Dogs and Foxes 



Carnivora continued — Weasels — Polecats 

 Carnivora continued — Arctocyonidse . 

 Carnivora continued — Bears 

 Carnivora continued — Seals — Extinct Species 

 Caspian Sea and Lake Baikal — Walrus 



Otters — Badgers 



• Existing Species — Seals in 



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6C 

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