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ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



[part If 



TABLE I. 

 FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING TEE ETHIOPIAN REGION. 



Explanation. 



Names in italics show families peculiar to the region. 



Names inclosed thus ( ) barely enter the region, and are not considered properly 



to belong to it. 

 Numbers are not consecutive, but correspond to those in Part IV. 



Order and Family. 



MAMMALIA. 



Primates. 



1. Simiidae 



2. Semnopithecidie 



3. Cynopithecidse 

 6. Lemuridae 



8. Chiromyidce ... 



Cheiroptera. 



9. Pteropidae 



11. Bhinolophidae 



12. Vespertilionida: 



13. Noctilionidae . . . 



Insectivora. 



15. Macroscelididae 



17. Erinaceidae ... 



18. Centctidce 



19. Potamogalidce 



20. Chrysochloridcc 



22. Soricidae 



Carnivora. 



23. Felidse 



24. Cryptoproctidce 



25. Viverridae 



26. Protelidce 



27. Hyaenidae 



28. Canidaj 



29. Mustelidae ... 

 33. Otariidas 



Cetacea. 

 36 to 41 



Sirenia. 



42. Manatidae 



Ungulata. 



43. Equidae 



Sub-regions. 







S i, 



Range beyond the Region. 



Oriental 



Oriental 



Oriental, Palaearctic 



Oriental 



Oriental, Australian 



The Eastern Hemisphere 



Cosmopolite 



All Tropical regions 



South Palaearctic 

 Palaearctic, Oriental 

 Greater Antilles 



All regions but Australian and Neotropical 



All regions but Australian 



Oriental, S. Palaearctic 



S. Palaearctic, India 

 Almost cosmopolite 

 All regions but Australian 

 All temperate regions 



Oceanic 



Neotropical, Oriental, Australian 



Palaearctic 



