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ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



[part III. 



TABLE I. 

 FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 



Explanation. 



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



Names inclosed thus ( ) show families which only just enter the region, and are 



not considered properly to belong to it. 

 Numbers correspond to the series of numbers to the families in Part IV. 



Order and Family. 



MAMMALIA. 

 Primates. 

 3. Cynopithecidse 



Chiroptera. 



9. Pteropidse 



11. Rhinolophidte 



12. Vespertilionidae 



13. Noctilionidse . . . 



Carnivora. 



25. (Viverridse) ... 



33. Otariidse 



35. Phocida? 



Cetacea. 

 36 to 41 



SlRENIA. 



42. Manatidse 



Ungulata. 



47. Suidae 



50. (Cervidte) 

 52. (Bovidse) 



Rodentia. 



55. Muridae 



61. (Scuiridae) ... 



Marsupialia. 



77. Dasyuridce ... 



78. Myrmecobiidcc 



79. Peramelidce ... 



80. Macropodidce.. 



Sub-regions. 



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Range beyond the Region. 



Oriental and Ethiopian 



Oriental and Ethiopian 



The Eastern Hemisphere 



Cosmopolite 



All tropical regions 



Oriental 



N. and S. temperate zones 



N. and S. temperate zones 



Oceanic 



Ethiopian, Oriental 



All other regions but Nearctia 

 All other regions but Ethiopian 

 All other regions but Neotropical 



All other regions 

 All other regions 



