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ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. 
[part III. 
TABLE I. 
FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE NE ARCTIC REGION. 
Explanation. 
Names in italics show the families which are peculiar to the region. 
Names inclosed thus ( ) show families which barely enter the region, and are not 
considered properly to belong to it. 
Numbers correspond to the series of numbers to the families in Part IY. 
Sub-regions. 
Order and Family. 
, Cali- 
1 fomia. 
Rocky 
Mntns. 
Canada. 
Range beyond the Region. 
MAMMALIA. 
Chiroptera. 
10. Phyllostomidae 
12. Vespertilionidas 
— 
Neotropical 
Cosmopolite 
13. Noctilionidse... 
— 
Tropical regions 
Insectivora. 
21. Talpidse 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Palsearctic 
22. Soricidte 
— 
— 
— 
The Eastern Hemisphere', excl. Australia 
Carnivora. 
23. Felidse 
All regions but the Australian 
28. Canidee 
— 
— 
— 
— 
All regions but the Australian 
29. Mnstelidse ... 
— 
— 
— 
— 
All regions but the Australian 
30. Proeyonidae ... 
— 
_ 
— 
— 
Neotropical 
32. Ursicke 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Palsearctic, Oriental 
33. Otariidse 
34. Tricheehidae .. 
35. Phocidse 
Cetacea. 
36 to 41 
Ungulata. 
47. Suidse 
50. Cervidse 
N. and S. temperate zones 
Arctic regions 
N. and S. temperate zones 
Oceanic 
All other continents but Australia 
All regions but Ethiopian and Australian 
52. Bovidae 
— 
— 
— 
Palsearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental 
Rodektia. 
55. Murid ae 
Almost cosmopolite 
57. Dipodidae 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Palsearctic, Ethiopian 
59. Saccomyidm ... 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Mexican sub-region 
60. Castoridse 
— 

. 
— 
Palsearctic 
61. Sciuridae 
— , 
— 
— 
— 
All regions hut Australian 
