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VI. Families or Characteristic Forms of Living non-marine Majvimals peculiar to 



SPECIAL Districts, viz. 



1. Families or Characteristic Forms present both ix Africa soith of the S.vhara 



^ AND THE InDIVX REGION, AND FOUND NOWHERE ELSE. 



Note. — For the most part, large ami important families embraciug many genera and many species. 



All the Catarrhine Monkeys, and es- 

 pecially the Anthropoid Apes and the 

 Baboons 



Lemui's 



Viverridie* 



Paradoxurus 



Herpestesf 



Crossarchus Rhinoceros || 



Hyena ♦ Elephant || 



Katel Sirenia 



Antilopes,S and especially Ihe Anoa in Manis 



the Philippine Isles Crocidura^f 



Tragulidse Rhizomys 



* With the exception of two stragglers in the Mediterranean district and one in Mexico. 

 + With the exception of one or two stragglers in the Europeo. Asiatic region. 



J Probably not properly reckoned peculiiU', having been an inhabitant of Europe in very recent geological time?. 

 § ^Yith the exception of two or three stragglers in the Enropeo-.\siatic region. 



II Perhaps these ought not to be reckoned here, as they have in recent geological times been inhabitants of Europe 

 and Asia. 



^ With the exception of three stragglers out of thirty- four in the Mediterranean district. 



2. Families or Characteristic Forms present in Africa south of the Sah.\ra, and not 

 IN THE Indian region ; — and in the Indian region, and not in the African. 



Note. — Almost all iudividiial genera, often single species. 



Cheiromys * 



Ehabdogale and ZorUla 



Horsest 



Hippopotamus 



Chrysochloris 



Potamogale 



JMacrosceUdes J 



1. In Africa and not in India. 



Ehynchocyon 

 Centetidse (Madagascar) 

 Echimyina (two stragglers of South 

 American type) 

 Hyrax § 

 Pectinatoridfe 

 Graphiurus and Anonialurus 



Xerus 

 Bathyerges 



.\nd the following genera of Mic* ; 

 Cricetomys-Saccostomus 

 Steatomys and Dendromys 

 Mystromys and Otomys 

 Pedetes 



* Probably should he reckoned among and transferred to the Lemurs in the preceding list. 



+ Those found in India belong to the trans-Himmalayan part of Asia, being north of the southern slope of that ra 



J With the exception of one in North Africa. 



§ Also found in Arabia. 



Galeopithecus?* 

 Sun Bear 

 Weasels 



II. In India and not in Africa. 



Deer 



Camel 



Tapir 



Tupaias 

 Platacanthomys 

 Rhinosciurus 

 Pteromjs 



It depends upon its affinities whether this form should be reckoned here or not. 



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