INDEX. 



419 



Plesiogale.list of species of, 328 

 Plesiosorex, list of species of, 



344- 

 Plicpithecus, 74 

 Poebrotherium, species of, 335 

 Polecats, 114 

 Polynesian province, 311 

 Pomel's classification of insec- 



tivoia, 319 

 Pontogenens, species of, 341 

 Pontotheiiuni, species of, 339 

 Porcula, species of, 337 

 Porcupines, 24^ 

 Portax, species of, 334 

 Potamochserus, list of species of, 



336 

 Potamogale, species of, 344 

 Pouched rats, 270 

 Prairie dogs, 262 

 Prairie mammals, 401 

 Preliminary inquiries, 4 

 Presbytes, 77 



-^— list of species of, 320 

 Priscodelpliinus, 205 



species of, 341 



Proboscidea, 178 



•^^ list of species of, 339 



Procamelus, 138 



■ species of, 331 



Proeyon cancrivorns, 122 



list of species of, 329 



Propithecus, list of species of, 



322 

 Proportion of Scandinavian 



plants in Greenland, 41 

 Prosimia, list of species of, 323 

 Proteles Lalandii, 102 

 ^-^ species of 326 

 Protochferus, species of, 336 

 Protocyon, list of species of, 326 

 Protopithecus, 74 



list of species of, 320 



Psephophorus, species of, 342 

 Pseudfeluius quadridentatus, 89 



spscies of, 324 



Pseudoniys, species of, 360 

 Pterodon, list of species of, 326 

 Pteromys, 257, 258 

 — — list of species of, 354 

 Pteropus, list of species of, 345 

 Pterura, species of, 327 

 Ptilocercus, species of, 344 

 Pucheran's views regarding the 



characterof African mammals, 



310 

 Punjab Salt Range, mammals 



of, 389 

 Quaternary epoch, 88 

 Racoon, 122 



Rangifer, list of species of, 334 

 Rats, 273 

 —^ black, 276 



brown, 276 



bush, 274 



cotton, 274 



New Zealand, 280 



water, 280 



wood, 274 



Ratel, 116 

 Red deer, 159 

 Eeduncn, 147 



list of species of, 333 



Reefs, 2 5 



Regions, mammalian, 304 



special, 9 



Regional distribution of animals, 



296 



Eepional (listrilntion of birds, 

 297 



mammals, 295, 296 



molluscs, 298 



plants, 299 



reptiles, 297 



views of authors on, 296 



Reindeer, 150 



American, 153. 154, 155 



Barren - ground Caiibou, 



•53. '54. 155 

 fossil, 88, 150, 152 



Greenland, 154, 155 



in Iceland, 151 



Lapland, 152 



Siberian, 152 



species of, 334 



Spitzbergen, 154, 155 



^— Woodland Caribou, 153, 



'54. 155 

 Eeitbrodon, 275 



: list of species of, 358 



Relations of floras of E. Asia 



and N. America, 44 

 Reptiles, Gunther's distribution 



of, 297 



regional distribution of,297 



Retreat and advance of boreal 



species during glacial epoch, 



39 

 Rhabdogale, 115 

 Rhinoceros, 171 



extinct, 173 



— — extinct, food of, 174 



frozen carcasses of, 174 



Indicus, 172 



Nebrascensis, 176 



Sumatrnnus, 172 



iticliorhinus, 173 



list of species of, 338 



Rliinolophus, list of species of, 



345 

 Rbinopoma, species of, 347 

 Rhinosciurus, species of, 353 

 Rhizomys, list of species of, 357 

 Rhynchocyon, species of, 344 

 Rhytina, 203 



list of species of, 339 



Rbyzivna, species of, 326 

 Rochas de, theory as to forma- 

 tion of coral islets, 26 

 Rocky Mountains, not chief line 

 of separation of east from 

 west of North America, 313 

 Rodentia, list of species of, 350 

 Rodents and Marsupials, con- 

 nexion between, 54 

 Roe deer, 160 

 Rorquals, 209 

 Ruminants, 137 

 Ruminantia, list of species of, 



33' 

 Sable, 115 

 Saccomyina;, 270 



list of species of, 357 



Saccomys, species of, 357 

 Saccostomus, 273 



species of, 358 



Sahara during glacial epoch, 32 

 mammals of, 374 



Sea. 86 



to what mammalian region 



it belongs, 304 

 Sand-bears, 115 

 Sand-rat, 270, 271 

 Sandwich Islands, animals of, 17 

 mammals of, 379 



Sapajou, 79 



Saporta, tertiary flora of south 



of France, 30 

 Sappa Nova de Marguine, 90 

 Sargasso Seas, 3, 35 

 Sargassum bacciferum, 35 

 Sargodon, species of, 336 

 Scalops, 230 



— list of species of, 343 

 Scandinavian district, 3C4 

 •^^ plants, antiquity of, con- 

 sidered, 38 



Scandinavia, mammals of, 370 

 Scapteroniys, species of, 359 " 

 Scelidothevium, 227 



list of species of, 341 



Sciuridse, 255 



list of species of, 303 



Sciuropteriis, 257 



list of species of, 354 



Sciurus, 256 



list of species of, 354 



Schizodon, species of, 350 

 Schizostoma, species of, 346 

 Sehlegel on the Indian ele- 

 phant, 192 

 Schmarda's distribution of ani- 

 mals, 295, 296 

 marine regions, 297 



terrestrial regions, 296 



Schow's phytogeographical re- 

 gions, 299 



Sclater's distribution of birds, 



296, 297 

 Scotland, mammals of, 367 

 Scotophilus, list of species of, 



348 

 Scutata, list of species of, 342 

 Seals, 123 



extinct, 123 



in Caspian Sea, 126 



in Lake Baikal, 126 



migrations of, 127 



Secondary epoch, 23 

 Semnopitheci, 77 



— list of species of, 320 

 Senaar, mammals of, 391 

 Serval, loi 



Sevalik Sea, 86 



Sewellel, 263 



Sheep, 143 



Sheet ice during glacial epoch 



47 



Slietland flora, 40 



•^— mammals of, 366 



peat-bogs, 40 



Shrews, 231 



Shropshire, mammals of, 368 



Siam, mammals of, 384 



Sibbaldius, 200 



list of species of, 340 



Siberia, province of, 307 



West of Amoorland, mam- 

 mals of, 375 



Sigmodou, 274 



list of species of, 358 



Sigmodontes, list of species of, 



358 

 Sikkim, mammals of, 386 

 Simla, list of species of, 320 

 Silver-fir found in peat bogs in 



Shetland, 40 

 Sipbneus, species of, 357 

 Sirenia. 196 

 classification and position 



of, 196 

 existing, 199 



Sirenia, extinct, 198 



list of species of, 339 



Sivatherium, 148 



species of, 334 



Skunk, 115 



Slack's Table.'of Geographical 



distribution"" fif Lagothricinte, 



408 

 Sloths, 226 

 —^ extinct, 220 

 habits and structure of, 



223 



in North America, 221 



•^^ question whether they ex. 



isted in North America after 



the glacial epoch, 221 

 Smilocamptus, species of, 341 

 Smilodon, 89 

 SmintliiniB, list of species of, 



360 

 Sminthus, list of species of, 360 

 Solenodon, 231 



species of, 344 



Solidungula, list of species of, 



33' 



Sorex, 231 



list of existing species of, 



343 



list of extinct species of, 



344 



Soricictis, list of species of, 326 



Soricina?, 231 



list of species of, 343 



South Africa, mammals of, 393 



South America and Africa, pro- 

 bable connexion between, 314 



point of separation from 



North America, 313 



South American forms found in 

 North America, 312 



province of, 312 



region, its boundaries and 



dependencies, 313 



South Australia, 381 



South - east Australia, mam- 

 mals of, 381 



South of France, miocene flora, 



3° 



Sow, 164 



Spalacini. 269 



list of species of, 357 



Spalacodon, species of, 364 



Spalacopus, species of, 350 



Spalaeotherium, 287 



species of, 364 



Spalax, species of, 357 



Species, 1 xtension of original 

 bon il.-> of, 94 



Spei ii^i faunas, 9 



in past geological forma- 

 tions, 91 



Special forms in special re- 

 gions, 9 



•^^ pe^ons, 9- . 



Species change in different 

 geological epochs, 11 



disjicrsnl of, 1 5 



formation of, 7 



proportion of arboreal and 



terrestrial, 98 



stability of, 7 



uniformity of, in earlier 



geological epochs, 1 1 

 Spectrellum, species of, 346 

 Speothos, species of, 326 

 Spermophilus, 260 

 Eversmanni,26i 



