THE ORIENTAL REGION 



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The Edentates, like the marsupials, are also represented 

 by one genus only, Manis (the Pangolin), which the 

 Oriental shares with the Ethiopian Region. 



The Oriental further resembles the Ethiopian Region in 

 the variety of its forms of Ungulates, although they are not 



Fig. 25.— The Gayal. 



(Bibos frontalis. ) 



[P. Z. S. 1S90, p. 595.] 



nearly so abundant. Three genera of Antelopes, the Four- 

 horned Antelope (Tetraceros), the Black-buck (Antilope), 

 the Nylghaie (Boselaphus), (see Fig. 24, p. 126), are peculiar 

 to it, as is also a group of wild Oxen (Bibos), with three 

 species — the Gayal (Fig. 25), the Gaur, and the Banting. 



