CHAP. XIV.] 



THE NEOTROPICAL REGION. 



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TABLE I. 

 FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE NEOTROPICAL REGION. 



EXPLANATION. 

 Names in italics show the families which are peculiar to the region. 



Names enclosed thus ( ) indicate families which barely enter the region, and are 



not considered properly to belong to it. 

 Numbers correspond with those of the series of families in Part IV. 



Order and Family. 



MAMMALIA. 

 PRIMATES. 



4. Cebidce 



5. Hapalidce 



CHIROPTERA. 



10. Phyllostomidce 



12. Vespertilionidae 



13. Noctilionidae... 



INSECTIVOKA. 

 ""Centetidae 



CARNIVORA. 



23. Felidaj 



28. Canidae 



29. Mustelidse ... 



30. Procyonidae ... 



32. Ursidae 



33. Otariidse 



35. Phocidse 



CETACEA. 

 36 to 41 



SlRENIA. 



42. Manatidse 



UNGULATA. 

 44. Tapiiidae 



47. S-iidffl ; 



48. Camelidas ... 

 50. Cervidae... 



Sub-regions. 



Range beyond the Region. 



California 



Cosmopolite 



All tropical regions 



Madagascar 



All regions but Australian 



All regions but Australian 



All regions but Australian 



N. America 



All regions but Ethiopian and Australian 



S. temperate zone. 



N. and S. temperate zones 



Oceanic 

 Tropical shores . 



Indo-Malaya 



Cosmopolite, excl. Australia 



Palaearctic 



All regions but Ethiopian and Australian 



