SPREADING OF THE MAMMALIA. 53 



species of Seals ; and Forster met with many Sea- 

 Lions and Sea-Bears ' in the Frozen Seas of the 

 Southern Hemisphere. 



RUMINATING ANIMALS, according to their nature, 

 are common to those parts of the earth of which 

 the Grasses are native ; from whence they spread, 

 in every direction, over the other tracts of the main 

 land. 



7. The Hart (Cervus) extends, in its various spe- 

 cies, from the snow-line to the Torrid Zone. The 

 Rein-Deer (Cej-vus tarandus), which belong to that 

 Genus, are met with as far beyond the snow-line 

 as Lichens are found growing on the snowy plains. 

 They are the only ruminating animals in Greenland, 

 Spitzbergen, and Nova Zembla; and form, when 

 domesticated, the riches of those Laplanders, who, 

 in their nomade state, frequently possess numerous 

 herds of them. After these, comes the Elk (Cervus 

 alces) ; and, in the Old World, the common Hart, the 

 Roe, and the Follow Deer. Large Harts live in the 

 grassy tracts of the Andes ; and the Mexican Roe, 

 according to Humboldt, is met with in the region 

 of the Palms and Plantain-trees. 



8. The Camel (Camelus) inhabits, according to 

 Humboldt, the grassy plains of the Andes. Flocks 



