_FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE PALÆARCTIC REGION._ EXPLANATION. Names in _italics_ show families peculiar to the region. Names inclosed thus (......) barely enter the region, and are not considered properly to belong to it. Numbers are not consecutive, but correspond to those in Part IV. ---------------------+-------------------+------------------------------- | Sub-regions | | 1=Europe. | Order and Family | 2=Mediterranean. | Range beyond the Region. | 3=Siberian. | | 4=Japan. | ---------------------+----+----+----+----+------------------------------- | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | ---------------------+----+----+----+----+------------------------------- | | | | | MAMMALIA. | | | | | PRIMATES. | | | | | 3. Cynopithecidæ | | -- | | -- |Ethiopian, Oriental | | | | | CHIROPTERA. | | | | | 9. (Pteropidæ) | | | | -- |Tropics of E. Hemisphere 11. Rhinolophidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Warmer parts of E. Hemis. 12. Vespertilionidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite 13. Noctilionidæ | | -- | | |Tropical regions | | | | | INSECTIVORA. | | | | | 15. Macroscelididæ | | -- | | |Ethiopian 17. Erinaceidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Oriental, S. Africa 21. Talpidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Nearctic, Oriental 22. Soricidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Cosmopolite, excl. Australia | | | | | and S. America | | | | | CARNIVORA. | | | | | 23. Felidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian 25. Viverridæ | | -- | | |Ethiopian, Oriental 27. Hyænidæ | | -- | | |Ethiopian, Oriental 28. Canidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian 29. Mustelidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |All regions but Australian 31. Æluridæ | | | | -- |Oriental 32. Ursidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |Nearctic, Oriental, Andes 33. Otariidæ | | | | -- |N. and S. temperate zones 34. Trichechidæ | -- | | -- | |Arctic regions 35. Phocidæ | -- | -- | -- | -- |N. and S. temperate zones | | | | | CETACEA. | | | | | 36 to 41. | | | | |Oceanic | | | | | SIRENIA. | | | | | 42. Manatidæ | -- | | -- | |Tropics, from Brazil to | | | | | N. Australia | | | | | UNGULATA. | | | | | 43.