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2382310The Geographical Distribution of Animals — Chapter 14 (Table I.)Alfred Russel Wallace

TABLES OF DISTRIBUTION.


In drawing up these tables, showing the distribution of the various classes of animals in the Neotropical region, the following sources of information have been relied on, in addition to the general treatises, monographs, and catalogues used in the compilation of the Fourth Part of this work.

Mammalia.—D'Orbigny, and Burmeister, for Brazil and La Plata; Darwin, and Cunningham, for Temperate S. America; Tschudi, for Peru; Frazer, for Ecuador; Salvin, for Guatemala; Frantzius, for Costa Rica; Sclater, for Quadrumana N. of Panama; Gundlach, for Cuba; and papers by Dr. J. E. Gray, and Mr. Tomes.

Birds.—Sclater and Salvin's Nomenclator; Notes by Darwin, and Cunningham; Gundlach, March, Bryant, Baird, Elliot, Newton, Semper, and Sundevall, for various islands of the Antilles; and papers by Hudson, Lawrence, Grayson, Abbott, Sclater, and Salvin.

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 Sub-regions Range beyond the Region.
Chili. Brazil. Mexico. Antilles.
MAMMALIA.
Primates.
4. Cebidæ
5. Hapalidæ (?)
Chiroptera.
10. Phyllostomidæ California
12. Vespertilionidæ Cosmopolite
13. Noctilionidæ All tropical regions
Insectivora.
18. Centetidæ Madagascar
Carnivora.
23. Felidæ All regions but Australian
28. Canidæ All regions but Australian
29. Mustelidæ All regions but Australian
30. Procyonidæ N. America
32. Ursidæ All regions but Ethiopian and Australian
33. Otariidæ S. temperate zone
35. Phocidæ (?) N. and S. temperate zones
Cetacea.
36 to 41 Oceanic
Sirenia.
42. Manatidæ Tropical shores
Ungulata.
44. Tapiridæ Indo-Malaya
47. Suidæ Cosmopolite, excl. Australia
48. Camelidæ Palæarctic
50. Cervidæ All regions but Ethiopian and Australian
Rodentia.
55. Muridæ Cosmopolite
59. Saccomyidæ Nearctic
61. Sciuridæ All regions but Australian
63. Chinchillidæ
64. Octodontidæ Africa
65. Echimyidæ Ethiopian
66. Cercolabidæ Nearctic
68. Caviidæ
70. Leporidæ All regions but Australian
Edentata.
71. Bradypodidæ
73. Dasypodidæ
75. Myrmecophagidæ
Marsupialia.
76. Didelphyidæ      Temperate N. America
BIRDS.
Passeres.
1. Turdidæ Almost cosmopolite
2. Sylviidæ Almost cosmopolite
5. Cinclidæ Nearctic, Palæarctic, Oriental
6. Troglodytidæ Nearctic, Palæarctic, Oriental
8. Certhiidæ Nearctic, Palæarctic, Oriental
9. Sittidæ All regions, excl. Africa
10. Paridæ Nearctic, Palæarctic, Oriental
20. Corvidæ Cosmopolite
26. Cœrebidæ
27. Mniotiltidæ Nearctic
28. Vireonidæ Nearctic
29. Ampelidæ Nearctic, Palæarctic
30. Hirundinidæ Cosmopolite
31. Icteridæ Nearctic
32. Tanagridæ Nearctic
33. Fringillidæ All regions but Australian
38. Motacillidæ Cosmopolite
38a. Oxyrhamphidæ
39. Tyrannidæ Nearctic
40. Pipridæ
41. Cotingidæ
42. Phytotomidæ
44. Dendrocolaptidæ
45. Formicariidæ
46. Pteroptochidæ
Picariæ.
51. Picidæ All regions but Australian
54. Megalæmidæ Ethiopian, Oriental
55. Rhamphastidæ
58. Cuculidæ Cosmopolite
60. Bucconidæ
61. Galbulidæ
64. Todidæ
65. Momotidæ
66. Trogonidæ Ethiopian, Oriental
67. Alcedinidæ Cosmopolite
72. Steatornithidæ
73. Caprimulgidæ Cosmopolite
74. Cypselidæ Almost cosmopolite
75. Trochilidæ Nearctic
Psittaci.
80. Conuridæ S. United States
81. Psittacidæ Ethiopian
Columbæ.
84. Columbidæ Cosmopolite
Gallinæ.
87. Tetraonidæ Almost cosmopolite
88. Phasianidæ All regions but Australian
91. Cracidæ
92. Tinamidæ
Opisthocomi.
93. Opisthocomidæ
Accipitres.
94. Vulturidæ All regions but Australian
96. Falconidæ Cosmopolite
97. Pandionidæ Cosmopolite
98. Strigidæ Cosmopolite
Grallæ.
99. Rallidæ Cosmopolite
100. Scolopacidæ Cosmopolite
101. Chionididæ
102. Thinocoridæ
103. Parridæ Tropical regions
105. Charadriidæ Cosmopolite
108. Cariamidæ
109. Aramidæ
110. Psophiidæ
111. Eurypygidæ
113. Ardeidæ Cosmopolite
114. Plataleidæ Almost cosmopolite
115. Ciconiidæ Nearly cosmopolite
116. Palamedeidæ
117. Phœnicopteridæ Ethiopian, Indian
Anseres.
118. Anatidæ Cosmopolite
119. Laridæ Cosmopolite
120. Procellariidæ Cosmopolite
121. Pelecanidæ Cosmopolite
122. Spheniscidæ S. temperate zone
124. Podicipidæ Cosmopolite
Struthiones.
126. Struthionidæ Ethiopian
REPTILIA.
Ophidia.
1. Typhlopidæ Tropical regions and S. Palæarctic
2. Tortricidæ Oriental, N.-W. America
5. Calamariidæ All warm countries
6. Oligodontidæ Oriental, Japan
7. Colubridæ Almost cosmopolite
8. Homalopsidæ All the regions
11. Dendrophidæ All tropical regions
12. Dryiophidæ Oriental, Ethiopian
13. Dipsadidæ All tropical regions
14. Scytalidæ Philippine Islands
16. Amblycephalidæ Oriental
17. Pythonidæ All tropical regions, California
20. Elapidæ Tropical regions, Japan, S. Carolina
23. Hydrophidæ Oriental, Australian, Madagascar
24. Crotalidæ Nearctic, Palæarctic, Oriental
Lacertilia.
27. Chirotidæ Missouri
28. Amphisbænidæ Ethiopian, S. Palæarctic
29. Lepidosternidæ Ethiopian
31. Helodermidæ
32. Teidæ Nearctic
34. Zonuridæ Nearctic, Ethiopian, S. Europe, and N. India
35. Chalcidæ Nearctic
36. Anadiadæ
37. Chirocolidæ
38. Iphisadæ
39. Cercosauridæ
41. Gymnophthalmidæ Australian, Ethiopian, Palæarctic
45. Scincidæ Almost cosmopolite
49. Geckotidæ Almost cosmopolite
50. Iguanidæ Nearctic
Crocodilia.
55. Crocodilidæ Ethiopian, Oriental, N. Australian
56. Alligatoridæ Nearctic
Chelonia.
57. Testudinidæ All continents but Australian
58. Chelydidæ Ethiopian, Australian
60. Cheloniidæ Marine
AMPHIBIA.
Pseudophidia.
1. Cæciliadæ Oriental, Ethiopian
Urodela.
6. (Salamandridæ) Nearctic, Palæarctic
Anoura.
7. Rhinophrynidæ
8. Phryniscidæ Ethiopian, Australian, Java
9. Hylaplesidæ
10. Bufonidæ All continents but Australia
12. Engystomidæ All regions but Palæarctic
13. Bombinatoridæ Palæarctic, New Zealand
14. Plectromantidæ
15. Alytidæ All regions but Oriental
16. Pelodryadæ Australia
17. Hylidæ All regions but Ethiopian
18. Polypedatidæ All the regions
19. Ranidæ Almost cosmopolite
20. Discoglossidæ All regions but Nearctic
21. Pipidæ
FISHES (FRESH-WATER).
Acanthopterygii.
3. Percidæ All regions but Australian
11. (Trachinidæ) Australia
12. Sciænidæ (?) (?) All regions but Australian
33. Nandidæ Oriental
34. Polycentridæ
38. Mugillidæ (?) Australian, Ethiopian
52. Chromidæ Ethiopian, Oriental
Physostomi.
59. Siluridæ All warm regions
60. Characinidæ Ethiopian
61. Haplochitonidæ S. Australia
67. Galaxidæ Tasmania and New Zealand
73. Cyprinodontidæ Absent from Australia
78. Osteoglossidæ All tropical regions
84. Gymnotidæ
85. Symbranchidæ Oriental, Australian, (? marine)
Dipnoi.
92. Sirenoidei Ethiopian, Australian
Plagiostomata.
112. Trygonidæ
INSECTS.
LEPIDOPTERA (PART).
Diurni (Butterflies).
1. Danaidæ All warm regions, and to Canada
2. Satyridæ Cosmopolite
4. Morphidæ Australian, Oriental
5. Brassolidæ
6. Acræidæ All tropical regions
7. Heliconiidæ
8. Nymphalidæ Cosmopolite
9. Libytheidæ Absent from Australia
10. Nemeobiidæ Not in Australia or Nearctic regions
11. Eurygonidæ
12. Erycinidæ Nearctic
13. Lycænidæ Cosmopolite
14. Pieridæ Cosmopolite
15. Papilionidæ Cosmopolite
16. Hesperidæ Cosmopolite
Sphingidea.
17. Zygænidæ Cosmopolite
18. Castniidæ Australian
20. Uraniidæ All tropical regions
21. Stygiidæ Palæarctic
22. Ægeriidæ Not in Australia
23. Sphingidæ Cosmopolite