distribution of edentate mammals 317 



Deductions 



1. The Order Edentata contains about thirty-eight 

 species, referable to fourteen genera and five families. 



2. The Order is predominantly Neotropical, three of 

 the families (the Sloths, Ant-eaters, and Armadilloes) with 

 twenty-nine out of the thirty-eight species being confined 

 to this Region. 



3. Of the two remaining families one (the Aard-Vaarks) 

 is purely Ethiopian, and the other (the Pangolins) is 

 common to the Ethiopian and Oriental Region. 



