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vince. The main features of this division are, — the appearance 

 of numerous animals allied to forms only found again in the 

 Himalayas or in the Malayan sub-region, the possession of 

 several peculiar generic types, and an unusual number of 

 peculiar sj^ecies. 



3Iarumal'ia. — Among Mammalia the most remarkable form 

 is Loris, a genus of Lemurs altogether peculiar to the sub- 

 region ; several peculiar monkeys of the genus Presbijtcs ; the 

 Malayan genus Tvpaia; and riaiacantltomijs, a peculiar genus 

 of ^Murid*. 



Birds, — Among birds it has Oc/ironu'la, a peculiar genus of 

 flycatchers ; Phmnicophaes (Cuculida:') and Drijinocatirplais (Tima- 

 liidpe), })otli Malayan forms ; a species of Mijioplwnus whose 

 nearest ally is in Java ; I'jvchalopieroii, Brachjijjtcnjx, Buccros 

 and Lonmlus, which are only fuuud (dsewhere in the Himalayas 

 and IMalayana. It also possesses about 80 peculiar species of 

 birds, including a large jungle fowl, one owl and two hornbills. 



Reptiles. — It is however by its Eeptiles, even mure than l)y its 

 higher vertebrates, that this sub-region is clearly characterised. 

 A]uong snakes it possesses an entire laniily, Uropeltida^, consisting 

 of genera and 18 species altogether confined to it, — Bhinoijliis 

 and Uropeltis in Ceylon, SUyhuia, Plcduras and MdanophidiaoL 

 in Southern India. Four other genera of snakes, Haplocoxus, 

 Cercaspis, Peltopclor, and Hjipnak are also peculiar; Chersydrus 

 is only found elsewhere in Malaya; wliWa Aspidttra, Patserita, 

 and Cynop)his, only extend to Hindostan ; species of Eryc, Echis, 

 and Psammopjhis show an aftinity with Ethiopian and I'ahearctic 

 forms. Among lizards several genera of Ayainidce are peculiar, 

 such as Otucryyiis, Lyricoeplialvs, CiraioplLora, Cophoiis, Salea, 

 Sitana and Churasia. In the family Acontiada3, JVcfisia is 

 peculiar to Ceylon, while a species of the Atrican genus Aconlias 

 shows an affinity for the Ethiopian region. 



Ampliihia. — The genera of Ampliibians that occur here are 

 generally of wide range, Init A'annophrys, Haplohatraclms, 

 and Cncopvs are confined to the sub-region ; while Mcyalo- 

 phrys is ^lahiyan, and the species fuund in Ceylon also inhabit 

 Java. 



