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Indian Eegion the possession of the TraguUdce. Its peculiar genera 

 consist largely of Anthropoid Apes, found elsewhere only in India, but 

 also includes several each of Carnivores Bats, and Eodents. It is pre- 

 eminently the tropical province of the African Eegion. While it con- 

 tains a smaller number of genera than either of the others, it has rela- 

 tively a much larger number restricted to it, having eighteen peculiar 

 genera out of a total number of seventy-five, while the Eastern Prov- 

 ince, with ninety-one genera, has only twelve that are peculiar, and the 

 Southern seventeen out of eighty-two. 



Genera of the West African Province. 



General Summary. 



The number of genera represented in the African Eegion, and their 

 range, is approximately as follows : — 



Indian Eegion. — The Indian Eegion may be defined, in general terms, 

 as consisting of Intertropical Asia. It hence embraces Continental India 



