250 THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. [CHAP. 



I. Primates. 



1. ANTHROPOIDEA. 



SlMIID/E. 



Anthropopithecus. Equatorial Africa. Fossil in 



Indian Pliocene. 

 Gorilla. W. African. 



CERCOPITHECID^E. 

 Co lob us. 



Cercopithecus. Largely W. African. 

 Cercocebus. W. African. 

 Theropithecus. N. E. African. 

 Papio. Fossil in Indian Plistocene and Pliocene. 



2. LEMUROIDEA. 



LEMURID^E. 



Galago. Equatorial and E. African. 

 Perodicticiis. W. African. 



II Insectivora. 



MACROSCELIDID&. Fossil in European Oligocene. 

 Macroscelides (including Petrodromus}. One N. 



African species. 

 Rhynchocyon. E. African. 



ERINACEID^:. 



Proechinus. W. African. 



Myosorex. 



POTAMOGALID^:. Elsewhere only in Madagascar. 



Potamogale. W. African. 

 CHR YSOCHLORID&. 



Chrysochloris (including Chalcochloris). S. and 

 E. African. 



III. Carnivora. 

 FELID^E. 



Cynaelurus. Elsewhere only in India, the same species 

 being common to the two regions. 



