CHAP. XIV,] 



THE NEOTKOPICAL 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. 



Sub-regions. 



Range beyond the Region. 



MAMMALIA. 



PPvIMATES. 



4. Cebidoe 



5. Mapalidce 



Chiroptera. 



10. Phyllostomidce 



12. Vespertilionidse 



13. Noctilionidse... 



Insectivora. 

 Centetidae 



Carnivora. 



23. Felidse ... 



28. Canidse ... 



29. Mustelidse 



30. Procyonidae 



32. Ursidse ... 



33. Otariidae... 

 35. Phocidse... 



Cetacea. 

 36 to 41 



SiRENIA. 



42. Manatidse 



Ungulata. 

 44. Tapiiidae 



47. Siidae ... 



48. Camelidai 

 50. Cervidse... 



(?) 



(?) 



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. tempersite zones 



Oceanic 

 Tropical shores 



Indo-Malaya 



Cosmopolite, excl. Australia 



Palsearctic 



All regions but Ethiopian and Australian 



