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3. The only Carnivores in Madagascar are Civets 

 (Viverridt&), and out of the seven genera of that family 

 represented there six are peculiar. 



4. There are no Bears (Ursid&) in the Ethiopian 

 Region. 



5. The Raccoons (Procyonidx), with a single exception, 

 are peculiar to the New World, where they may perhaps 

 replace the Civets (Viverridm), which are confined to the 

 Old World. 



6. The Marine Carnivora consist of three families 

 which are divided into eleven genera and about twenty-six 

 species. 



7. The Walruses are characteristic of the Arctic Seas 

 and the Sea-lions of the Antarctic, but in the Pacific the 

 Sea-lions are also found in the North. 



8. The Seals (Phocidte) are both Arctic and Antarctic, 

 but are represented by quite different genera in these two 

 areas. 



