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THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS 



what one would expect, as members of these two Orders 

 are essentially forest-loving in their habits, and this Sub- 

 region consists chiefly of sparsely wooded and arid districts. 

 On the whole, therefore, the Cape Sub-region will be 

 found to be characterized, as compared with other parts 

 of Africa, by the exclusive possession of the following 

 forms : — 



1. Connochsetes (the Gnu), Pelea (the Rhebok) and 

 jEjyyceros (the Pallah) among the Antelopes. 



2. Pachyuromys and Mystromys, genera of Muridse ; 

 Bathyergus and Myoscalops, genera of the burrowing 

 SpalacidcV ; Petromys of the Octodontidm, among the 

 Rodents. 



3. Five genera of Mongooses, belonging to the family of 

 Viverridie ; Proteles, the only representative of the family 

 Protelidie; Otocyon (the Cape Hunting-dog) ; and Poscilo- 

 gale (a small weasel), among the Carnivora. 



4. Rhynchocyon, of the Macroscelidse ; Myosorex (a 

 Shrew); and the Ghrysochloridx (Golden Moles), among 

 the Insectivora. 



The following table, showing the distribution of the 

 genera, is constructed on the same plan as that of the 

 other Sub-regions. 



