CHAP. XVII.] 



ma:\imalia. 



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Family 51.— CAMELOPAHDALID^.. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



General Distkibutio.v. 



Neotropical Nearctic Pal^arctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian 



Si:B-REGIONS. SlB-REQlONS. SUB-hEGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. SUB-KEGIONS. SuB-REGIONS. 



Living Species. 

 1-3 



Extinct Species. 



-2 



3 - 



The Camelopardalidfe, or giraffes, now consist of but a single 

 species which ranges over all the open country of the Ethiopian 

 region, and is therefore almost absent from West Africa, which 

 is more especially a forest district. During the Middle Tertiary 

 period, however, these animals had a wider range, over Southern 

 Europe and Western India as far as the slopes of the Hima- 

 layas. 



Extinct Species. — Species of CamelojKO'dalis have been found 

 in Greece, the Siwalik Hills, and Perira Island at the entrance 

 to the Eed Sea; and an extinct genus, Helladothcriurii, more 

 bulky but not so tall as the giraffe, ranged from the south of 

 France to Greece and North-west India. 



Family 52.— BOA^ID^. (34 Genera, 149 Species.) 



General DihTUiBUTioN. 



KKOTnopinAL 



bjB-UBGIONS. 



NEARtriC 

 SUB-REOIONS. 



Pal.earctic 



SUii-uEGIONS. 



Ethiopian 



SUb-KEUIOSS. 



Orikntal 

 sub-kegioxs. 



Al'.s..;alian 



SUB-BKlilO.Nd. 



1.2-4 1.2.3.4 



1.2.3 — 1.2.3.4 



1 



This large and important family, includes all the animals com- 

 monly known as oxen, buffaloes, antelopes, sheep, and goats, 

 which have been classed by many naturalists in at least three, 

 and sometimes four or five, distinct families. Zoologically, they 



