XXX THE MAMMALS OF INDIA. 



There is not much remarkable in the distribution of the numerous 

 MuridcB of India. A few are peculiar to the South of India, and 

 these are somewhat more distinct in type, viz., Golunda, three 

 species of Leggada, and the curious Platacanthomys. Armcola only 

 occurs in the Himalayas ; and Rhizomys, an Indo-Chinese type, in 

 the most eastern Himalayas. 



One species of Hare is found in the south of the peninsula, and 

 another in Northern and Central India ; whilst a very curious form, 

 the Hispid Hare, inhabits the north-eastern portion of Bengal. 

 Lagomys, a northern type, is only found on the Himalayas. 



One Elephant is found throughout India, and two species of 

 Rhinoceros occur in the north-eastern parts of Bengal, one of them 

 extending to the extreme south of the Malayan peninsula. One 

 Wild Pig, with some slight differences of race, occurs throughout 

 all India, and a peculiar dwarf species is found sparingly in the 

 Terai adjoining the south-eastern Himalayas. A Wild Ass is 

 found in the north-western deserts, an extension from Persia and 

 Western Asia. 



True Deer, of the type of the Red Deer, only occur, in India, 

 within the Himalayas beyond the outer snowy range, in Kashmir, 

 and Sikim, and these two species extend over great part of Asia ; 

 four Rusine Deer, all peculiar to the Indian region, are found 

 throughout India ; one, which approaches nearest the Elaphine 

 group {Rucervus), occurring in Northern and Central India only, 

 but also extending into Assam. The little Mouse-deer, Memimna, a 

 Malayan form, occurs throughout India ; although the northern 

 Musk-deer is only found in the Himalayas. 



Four species of Antelope are found throughout India, two of 

 them, the Nylgai and the four-horned Antelope, being distinct in 

 type from any African form ; whilst the Gazelles occur both in 

 Africa and Asia. Two goat-like Antelopes (Nemorhccdus) are found 

 on the Himalayas, the form being peculiar to Eastern Asia from 

 Japan to Burmah. Of the true Goats, one type, Hemitragus, has 

 a representative on the Himalayas, and another on the Neelgherries. 

 The Siberian Ibex extends to the Himalayas, and a splendid wild 

 goat, the Markhor, quite of the type of the domestic goat, is found 



