MAMMALIA. 



391) 



forming about one-tenth of all the mammaHa.* Following 

 the general hiw of distribution, the Kuminantia arc most 

 numerous in equatorial regions; but, as if created expressly 

 for the use of the human lamily, they are distributed over all 

 latitudes in the northern hemisphere, at least from the eijuator 

 to the regions within the arctic circle ; so that, wherever 

 man is found, he is accompanied by those animals most 

 necessary for the supply of his wants and comforts, and most 



Fig. 314.— l{KIK-DEF.R.t 



* The following table is extracted from that given by .Mr. Waterhouse iii 

 Bergbaiis and Johnston's Physical Atlas: — 



1. (^Carnehis) Camels % 2 



2. {Auchenia) Llamas 3 



3. (iVo«cAi«) Musk Dcers 7 



4. ICenits) , Deers 38 



5. ICamelapardalis) Giraffes 2 



6. {Anulope) Antelopes 48 



7. \Capra) Goats 14 



8. lOrii) Sheep 21 



9. {Dos) Oxen 13 



Total number of s[>ecies, 148 

 128 species belong to the Old World; 23 only to the New. 

 t Bemains of the Rein-ilccr linve been diMOviTcd near Dublin, as«<)riiitc(l with fho»e 

 of the Great Irisli Ui'cr. They had jircvidusly been fnund botli in Devon and Norfolk; 

 there can therefore be no doutit that tlie IJcin-deer was at one time an Inliabitant of 

 these cnuntiies. Owen's Fossil Mummalla. OldUam, in Journal of Geological Society 

 of DubUn, Kov. 1M7. 



