INDEX. 



415 



Conepatus, list of species of, 329 

 Connexion of Papua and Aus- 

 tralia, 64 

 Constitutional power of resisting 



change, 8 

 Continent between Africa and 



India, 29 

 Coral islands, fonnation of, 26 

 Corsac, in 

 Coryphodou, 167 

 Cotton rats, 274 

 CricetinsB, list of species of, 358 

 Cricetodipus, species of, 357 

 Cricetodon, species of, 358 

 Cricetomys Gambianus, 273 



species of, 358 



Cricetus, 273 



list of species of, 358 



Crocidura. 231 



list of species of, 343 



CroH's speculations as to effect 



of weight of ice during glacial 



epoch, 47 

 Crossarchus, list of species of, 



326 

 Crossopus, 231 



list of species of, 343 



Cryptoprocta, species of. 325 

 Ctenodactylus, species of, 355 

 Ctenomys, list of species of, 350 

 Cuscus, 288 



list of species of, 363 



Cuvier's first classification of 



mammals, 315 

 Cjclognathus, 162 



species of, 336 



Cynaelurus. 100 

 Cynocephalus, 77 



list of species, 321 



Cynodon, list of species of, 326 

 Cynpgale, 104 



species of, 325 



Cynoniys, 262 



species of, 355 



Cynopithecus, list of species of, 



321 

 Cynopterus, species of, 345 

 Cystophora, species of, 350 

 Daclylomys, list of species of, 



350 

 Dactylopsila, 288 



species of, 363 



Damalis, 146 

 Daman, 249 



Damara-land, bats of, 394 

 Dana's fluvial epoch, 44 



terrace epoch, 45 



Darwin's theory of origin of 



species, objections to. 5 

 Dasyprocta cristata, 248 



list of species of, 351 



Dasyproctina, 247 



list of r,pecies of, 351 



DasypodidiC, list of species of, 



342 

 Das\-pus, 226 



list of species of, 342 



Dasynrus, 286 



list of species of, 362 



Daubentonia. species of, 323 

 Decandolle's botanical regions, 



300 



regions of species, 301 



Deer, 149 



Belphinus, species of, 340 



Delphinidse, 210 



list of species of, 340 



Delphinapterus, species of, 341 



Dendrolagus, 2S9 



explanation of its presence 



both in Australia and New 

 Guinea, 311 



in Austi'alia, 2S9 



species of. 363 



Dendrorays. species of, 360 



Depression and elevation, bands 

 of, 27 



Dermauura, species of. 347 



Desmodus, species of, 345 



Dichfiliune, 162 



list of species of, 335 



Dichodon, 162 



species of, 336 



Diclidurus, species of, 347 



Dicotyles, 164 



list of s]>ecies of. 336 



torquatus, 164 



Dicotylidfe, list of species of, 336 



Didelphis, 286 



Cuvieri, 287 



list of species of, 362 



Dimylus, species of, 342 



Dingo, 106 



Dinotherium, 19S 



species of, 339 



Diphylla, species of, 345 



Diplomesodon, species of, 344 



Dipodid*, 282 



list of species of, 361 



Dipodomys, 272 



list of species of, 357 



Diprotodon, 289 



species of, 363 



Dipus, list of species of, 361 



Dispersal of Alpine species, 246 



of species, means of. 1 5 



of carnivora, 94 



Distribution, regional of ani- 

 mals, 296 



of birds, 297 



of mammals, 296 



of molluscs. 298 



• of plants, 299 



of reptiles, 297 



Dog-hyirna, loS 



Dogs, 105 



existing, 106 



extinct, 105 



South American, 107 



Dolichotis, 245 



species of, 350 



Dolphins, 213 



Dorcatheriuui, list of species of, 



335 

 Dorcopsis, 290 



Bruni, 289 



Dormouse. 255 

 Dremotheriuiu, list of species 



of. 335 



Dromatherium, species of, 364 



Droniicia, species of, 363 



Drymoniys, species of, 359 



Dryopithecus, 74 



species of, 320 



Dugong, 202 



Dysopes list of species of, 347 



East Africa, mammals of, 392 



Earlier geolo>;ical formations, 

 uniformity of species in, 1 1 



Earth, heat of, effect of, on .spe- 

 cies, 1 1 



Echidna, 292, 293 



Echimyiua, 247 



■ list of species of, 350 



Echiniys, list of species of. 351 

 Echiuogale, species of, 345 

 Economic mouse, 266 

 Ecuador, mammals of, 403 

 Edentata, 217 



classification of, 219 



explanation of their former 



range, 217 



extinct, 217 



list of species of, 341 



relation of mouotremes to, 



218 

 Effect of barriers in separating 



species, 17 



change on exotic plants 



introduced, 8 



Elaphus, list of species of, 334 

 Elasmotherium, 177 



species of, 331 



Elephant, African, 191 



Indian, 191 



Elephants, existing, 189 



extinct, 187 



food of, 1 84 



in Borneo, 193 



• in Sulu, 195 



Elephas Africanus, 191 

 • Colunibi, 187 



Falconeri, 189 



— — - imperator, 188 



• Melitensis, 188 



primigenius, 43 



Suraatranus, 192 



list of existing species of, 



339 

 list of extinct species of, 



339 . 

 Elevation, bands of, 27 



of northern hemisphere, 



28 



Eliomys, species of, 352 



Elk. Irish, 149 



Ellobius, species of, 357 



Elocyon, species of, 326 



Emballonui'a, list of species of, 

 347 



Endemic forms, richness of is- 

 lands in, 327 



Enhydris, sjifcies of, 327 



Entelodon, 165 



species, 337 



Eocene epoch, 23 



fauna and flora, 23 



Eopithecus, 73 



Epomophorus, list of species of, 



345 

 Equilibrium of Earth, 27 

 Equus, 132 



list of species of, 331 



curvidens, 133 



Ereptodon priscus, 220 



species of. 341 



Erethizon, 248 



species of, 351 



Ericulus. species of, 345 

 Erinaceus, list of species of, 344 

 Erinacidje, list of species of, 344 

 Esquimaux, 56 

 Euarctos, species of, 329 

 Eubahena, list of species of. 340 

 Euclnerus, species of, 336 

 Eucrolaphus, species of, 331 

 Euelephas, list of species of, 339 

 Eupleures, species of, 326 

 Eurodon, species of, 342 

 Europe and Asia, mammals pe- 

 culiar to, 410 



Europe and Asia, mammals 

 found in one and not in the 

 other, 410 



Europe and Greenland, con- 

 nexion between, 37 



during glacial epoch, 32 



eti'ect of glacial epoch on 



life. 43 



genera of mammals pecu- 

 liar to, 409 



repeopling of, after glacial 



epoch. 43 



Mid, mammals of, 373 



Europeo-Asiatic element in N, 

 America, l»y what channel in- 

 troduced, 312 



region, 304 



Evans, account of Alauvaises 



Terres, 92 

 Extension of original bounds of 



species, 94 

 Falconer, Dr., on the proliosci- 



dea, 185 

 Faroe Islands, mammals of, 366 

 Fauna of Borneo, explanation 



of, 97 



Madagascar, 82 



Faunas, special. 9 

 Featherstonhaugh's rhinoceros, 



"76 

 Felidie, 87 



existing, 93 



• extinct, 87 



list of species of, 323 



Felis aphanista, 89 

 borealis, 101 



cervaria, loi 



concolor, 100 



cristata, 89 



Irbis, 99 



jubata, 100 



ho, 93 



onca, 99 



spelasa, 87 



- tigiis, 95 



list of species of. 323 



Fiber, species of, 356 



zibethicus, 265 



Field-mice, 265 

 Filander, 290 



Finmai'k, mammals of, 369 



Finners, 209 



Fishes, derivation of, Agassiz's 

 view, 1 3 



Flora of Eastern .\sia and Ame- 

 rica, 44 



of Greenland, 41 



of Iceland, 39 



of North-West.America,45 



Eastern Asiatic, progres- 

 sive diminution of westwards, 

 46 



Easteiii, rate of spread 



westwards, actual and hypo- 

 thetical, 46 



Floras of Asia and America, 

 cause of similarity in. 46 



Flotsam and jetsam, dispersal 

 of species, 15 



Fluvial epoch of Prof. Dana, 44 



Fljing squirrels, 257 



I'orbes, Edward, view of dis- 

 persal of species, 16 



theory of Sargasso Seas, 35 



Formation of species, 7 



cU'ect of heat of earth on. 



