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the Ethiopian affinities of which are quite as strong as their 

 Malayan relations, and certain rodents, Leggada and Golunduj 

 which are said to have Ethiopian representatives, and which 

 have certainly not hitherto been traced into the Malay 

 countries. I will omit these ; but, in justice to Mr. Wallace's 

 views, I must add a very important genus to the list. Tupaia 

 Elliotti has recently been found both in the Bengal and 

 Deccan subprovinces of the Indian subregion, and it must 

 therefore be added to the Indian fauna. As the distribution 

 and affinities of the Mammalia are better known than those of 

 any other class, I shall go into a few details ; and to show the 

 affinities of the 38 genera I will take them seriatim with 

 Mr. Wallace's remarks on each between brackets. 



1. Pre6'&?/fe6' (Oriental only). Replaced throughout the Ethio- 



pian region by the allied genus CoJohus. 



2. Macacus (Oriental only). One species occurs in Northern 



Africa. Allied genera are found in the Ethiopian region, 

 e. g. Cercopithecus ; but the alliance is perhaps less close 

 than in the case of Preshytes. 



3. Erinaceus (Paltearctic genus). Found also in Central and 



Southern Africa, but absent and not replaced by any 

 closely allied genus in Malayasia. Gymnura is placed 

 in the same family by Mr. Wallace, but by others it is 

 classed with Tupaia, and is certainly not a near ally of 

 Erinaceus. 



4. Sorex (widely distributed). The subgenera require further 



study before their distribution can be considered deter- 

 mined. 



5. Felis (almost cosmopolitan). 



6. Cyncelurus (Ethiopian and S. Paltearctic) . I am not sure 



that this is fully entitled to generic rank. 



7. V'iverra (Ethiopian and Oriental to China and Malaya). 



8. Viverricula (Oriental only). This is at the most a sub- 



genus of Viverra^ and has no title to generic rank. 



9. Paradoxurus (Oriental only) . The species found in Western 



Africa, P. hinotatusj has been made a distinct genus by 

 Gray ; but it appears doubtful if the distinctions pointed 

 out are of sufficient importance to justify generic separa- 

 tion. In any case Nandinia^ as the African form is 

 called, is very closely allied. 



10. Herpestes (Ethiopian, South-Palsearctic, and Oriental to 



Malaya). 



11. Calogale (Ethiopian, Oriental to Cambodja). This does 

 not appear to be more than a subgenus of Herpestes ; and, 

 so far as the Indian species are concerned, even this rank 

 is doubtful, it being even a question how far one Indian 



