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SECTION VII.-FINAL CONCLUSIONS

Thus we see that whether we take the Mammals in Geographical or in Systematic order, we arrive at nearly the same result-namely, that the best Primary Geographical Divisions of the earth are six in number. Of these the Australian Region (Neogæa), in which the Mammalfauna is pre-eminently Marsupial, and embraces the whole Order of Monotremes, is by far the most distinct. It is, however, also easy to separate the Neotropical Region (Notogæa), with its one family of Marsupials and numerous Edentates. The remaining Regions (Arctogæa), may be grouped together, but are still separable-on more slender grounds, it is true, into four divisions - the Ethiopian Region remarkable for its abundant Ungulates, the Giraffe, and the Hippopotamuses, the Oriental known by its Orangs, Gibbons, and Tapir, and the Palearctic and Nearctic, which, no doubt, present many points of similarity as regards their Mammal-faunas, but may nevertheless be properly kept apart. The Nearctic Region, as has been shown above, has been overrun by an inroad from the northern portion of the Old World, but has a strongly developed under-stratum of endemic forms mixed up with some Neotropical types, which are utterly foreign to the Palearctic Region.

INDEX

INDEX

AARDVARK, Cape, figured 89.

Aard-Wolf, figured 95.

Eluropus melanoleucus, figured 183.
Afro-gæan Realm, 11.
Alleghany Sub-region, 163.

Allen, J. A., the divisions of, 10, 13.
Amazonian Sub-region, 65.
American Tropical Realm, 11, 162.
Amphi-gæan Realm, 11.
Anglo-gæan Realm, 11.
Ant-eater, Great, figured 58.
Anthropopithecus gorilla, figured
frontispiece.

- troglodytes, figured 97.
Antillean Sub-region, 65, 66, 67.
Antilocapra americana, figured 156;
distribution of, 293, 304.
Apalachian Sub-province, 162.
Arctatlantis, 208, 209, 215.
Arctic Realm, 10, 14, 162.
Arctictis binturong, figured 128.
Arctirenia, 209, 212, 216.
Arctogæa, 4, 5, 8.

Arid Sub-region, North American,
162, 163, 167.

Armadillo, Three-banded, figured 59.
Austral Sub-region, 21, 22; the Mam-
mal-fauna of,33; past history of,35.
Australian Province, 8.
Australian Realm, 11.
Australian Region, defined, 4, 5;

numbers of families, genera, and
species of, 16; boundaries of, 18;
general view of the Mammal-fauna
of, 19; sub-division of, 21.

Austro-Columbian Province, 8.
Austro-gæan Realm, 11.

Austro-riparian Sub-province, 162.
Aye-aye, figured 107.

Balena mysticetus, figured 205.
Barrigudo, figured 64.

Bats, distribution of, 256, 263; table
of families and genera of, and of
the number of species found in
each Region, 267.
Beluga, figured 208.
Bibos frontalis, figured 127.
Binturong, figured 128.
Bison, American, figured 159.
Boselaphus tragocamelus, figured 126.
Bovida, distribution of, 290, 302.
Burmo-Chinese Sub-region, 132, 137.

CALIFORNIAN Sub-region, 163.
Camel, Bactrian, figured 179.
Camels, distribution of, 298, 305.
Camelus bactrianus, figured 179.
Campestrian Sub-province, 162.
Canadian Sub-region, 163, 164.
Cape Sub-region, 100, 113.
Carnivora, general remarks on the

distribution of, 238; the Cat-like,
240; the Dog-like, 245; the Bear-
like, 247; Marine, 250; tables of
families and genera of, and of the
number of species of, found in each
Region, 251, 254.

Celebesian Sub-region, 132, 146.
Centetes ecaudatus, figured 104.
Central-American Sub-region, 65, 66,
72.

Cervida, distribution of, 295, 304.
Cetaceans, distribution of, 204, 307;

table of families and genera of,
and of the number of species found
in each Sea-region, 307.
Ceylonese Sub-region, 132.
Chamois, figured 181.

Chevrotains, distribution of, 298, 305.
Chimpanzee, figured 97.
Chinese Sub-region, 187, 191.
Chiromys madagascariensis, figured
107.

Chiroptera, see Bats.

Cholopus hoffmanni, figured 57.
Columbian Sub-region, 65.
Condylura cristata, figured 160.
Crossopus fodiens, figured 184.
Cryptoprocta ferox, figured 102.

DEER, distribution of, 295, 304.
Delphinapterus leucas, figured 208.
Delphinus delphis, figured 207.
Dendro-gæan Realm, 11.
Didelphys opossum, figured 56.

virginiana, figured 155.
Diprotodont Marsupials, distribution
of, 319.

Dolphin, Common, figured 207.
Duck-bill, figured 23.
Dugong, figured 204.

EASTERN Sub-region, North Ameri-
can, 162, 163, 169.
Echidna, Papuan, figured 38.
Edentates, distribution of, 311; the

New World, 312; the Old World,
314; table of families and genera
of, and of the number of species
found in each Region, 315.
Elephants, distribution of, 283, 284.

Equida, distribution of, 289, 302.
Eremian Sub-region, 187, 189.
Ethiopian Region, defined, 4, 6;
numbers of families, genera, and
species of, 16; boundaries of, 84;
general view of the Mammal-fauna
of, 88; Sub-division of, 98; past
history of the Mammal-fauna of,
119.

Eur-asiatic forms of Mammals, 13.
Europasian Sub-region, 186, 187.
European Sub-region, 185.
Eury-gæan Realm, 11.
Eutheria, 3, 4.

FORBES, H. O., former existence of
Southern Continent, 46.

Fossa, figured, 102.

Galeopithecus volans, figured 130.
Gayal, figured 127.

Gill, T., the divisions of, 11.
Giraffa camelopardalis, figured 92.
Giraffes, distribution of, 294, 304.
Goat, Rocky Mountain, figured 157.
Gorilla, figured frontispiece.
Guiano-Brazilian Sub-region, 66, 75.

Halicore dugong, figured 204.
Hapalida, distribution of the, 232.
Haploceros montanus, figured 157.
Hawaiian Sub-region, 21, 49.
Heilprin, A., the divisions of, 10.
Hippopotamus amphibius, figured 91.
Holarctic Realm, 10, 12.

Horses, distribution of, 289, 302.
Humid Sub-region, North American,
162, 163, 169.

Huxley, T. H., the divisions of, 8.
Hyraxes, distribution of, 283.

INDIAN Sea-region, 209, 211, 216.
Indian Sub-region, 131, 134.

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