CHAP. XIV.] 
THE NEOTROPICAL REGION. 
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TABLE I. 
FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE NEOTROPICAL REGION. 
Explanation. 
Names in italics show the families which are peculiar to the region. 
Names enclosed thus ( ) indicate families which barely enter the region, and are 
not considered properly to belong to it. 
Numbers correspond with those of the series of families in Part IV. 
Order and Family. 
Chili. 
p 
Brazil. <p* 
3 
(g, 
Mexico. 2 
Antilles. 
Range beyond the Region. 
MAMMALIA. 
Primates. 
4. Cebidoc 
_ 

5. Hapalidoe, 
— 
(?) 
Chiroptera, 
10. Phyllostomidce 



California 
12. Vespertilionidse 
13. Noctilionidae... 
— 
= 
— 
Cosmopolite 
All tropical regions 
Insectivora. 
Centetidse 
— 
Madagascar 
Carnivora. 
23. Felidse 
— 
— 
— i 
All regions but Australian 
28, Canidse 
. — 
— : 
— | 
All regions but Australian 
29. Mustelidse 
— 
— 
— 
All regions but Australian 
30. Procyonidae ... 
— 
— 
— 
N. America 
32. Ursidae 
— 
All regions but Ethiopian and Australian 
33. Otariidae 
— 
S, temperate zone 
35. Phocidae 
— 
(?) 
N. and S. temperate zones 
Cetacea. 
36 to 41 
— 
Oceanic 
Sirenia. 
42. Manatidse 
— 
— 
— 
Tropical shores 
Ungulata. 
44. Tapiridse 
— 
— 
Indo-Malaya 
47. Suidse 
— 
— 
Cosmopolite, excl. Australia 
48. Camelidaj ... j 
— 
Palgearctic 
50. Cervidee | 
— 
— 
— 
All regions but Ethiopian and Australian 
