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THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS 



Sheep (Ovis) and Goat (Capra) must be considered as 

 especially characteristic of this Kegion, although stragglers 

 of these forms are found in the confines of the Nearctic 

 and Oriental Regions. They are all mountain animals, 

 one of the best marked forms being the Barbary Sheep 



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Fig. 38.— The Barbary Sheep. 

 (Ovis tragelajohus.) 



(Ovis tragelaphus) of Northern Africa (Fig. 38). Of the 

 Rodents, the two most characteristic Palsearctic families are 

 the Dormice (Myoxidte) and the Jerboas (Dipodidie). Of 

 the former family two genera, and of the latter four, are 

 all confined to this Region. There are also two very 



