CHAP. XVII.] 
MAMMALIA. 
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Family 51.— CAMELOPABDALIDiE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
SlB-REGIONS. 
N EARCTIC 
SUB-REGIONS. 
PAL.E ARCTIC 
Sob-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
SUB- REGIONS. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
Living Species. 
Extinct Species. 
The C amelopardalid ?e, or giraffes, now consist of but a single 
species which ranges over all the open country of the Ethiopian 
region, and is therefore almost absent from West Africa, which 
is more especially a forest district. During the Middle Tertiary 
period, however, these animals had a wider range, over Southern 
Europe and Western India as far as the slopes of the Hima- 
layas. 
Extinct Species . — Species of Camelopardalis have been found 
in Greece, the Siwalik Hills, and Perim Island at the entrance 
to the Eed Sea; and an extinct genus, Helladotherium , more 
bulky but not so tall as the giraffe, ranged from the south of 
France to Greece and North-west India. 
Family 52. — BOVIDiE. (34 Genera, 149 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
S JB-REGiONS. 
NE ARCTIC 
SUB-REGIONS. 
1 PaLAE ARCTIC 
Sub- regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
\ 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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1 . 2-4 
1 . 2 . 3 .4 
1 . 2 . 3 — 
fH 
1 
This large and important family, includes all the animals com- 
monly known as oxen, buffaloes, antelopes, sheep, and goats, 
which have been classed by many naturalists in at least three, 
and sometimes four or five, distinct families. Zoologically, they 
