136 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS 



is now. apparently, restricted to a small area in Western 

 India. 



As is the case with the Ungulates, so here, with the 

 exception of the Bears (Ursidse), all the families of Indian 

 Carnivores also range into Ethiopia. 



The Insectivores of this Sub-region need not detain us 

 long. A Tree-shrew (Tupaia), an outlying member of a 

 genus very abundantly represented in the Malay countries, 

 is found in Southern India ; the other genera, the Hedge- 

 hogs (Erinaceus) and the Shrews (Crocidura), are widely 

 spread throughout the Old World. 



Among the Bats of this Sub-region we find that not 

 only there are no peculiar genera, but that even the 

 species in nearly all cases have an extended range beyond 

 its limits. Out of about forty species, six alone are 

 confined to the Sub-region. 



The Slender Loris is found only in Southern India and 

 Ceylon, and is the single representative of the Lemurs in 

 this Sub-region. It is a strange-looking creature, with 

 long spidery arms and no tail. Like most of its race, it 

 is arboreal and nocturnal in its habits. 



Indian monkeys all belong to the two large genera, 

 Macacus and Semnopithecus, both of which are charac- 

 teristic of the Oriental Region, although two or three 

 species of them have strayed over the borders into the 

 Palsearctic Region. 



The following table shows, in a succinct manner, the 

 origin and distribution of the mammals of this Sub-region. 

 The species in the first line, reckoned as " Endemic," are 

 confined to the Sub-region ; those called " Oriental " do 

 not occur beyond the boundaries of that Region ; those 

 catalogued as " Paltearctic " are common to that Region 



