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2382311The Geographical Distribution of Animals — Chapter 14 (Table II.-Mammalia)Alfred Russel Wallace

TABLE II.

GENERA OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIA AND BIRDS INHABITING THE NEOTROPICAL REGION.

Explanation.

Names in italics show the genera peculiar to the region.

Names enclosed thus (......) indicate genera which barely enter the region, and are not considered properly to belong to it.

Genera undoubtedly belonging to the region are numbered consecutively.



MAMMALIA.
Order, Family, and
Genus.
No. of
Species.
Range within the Region. Range beyond the Region.
PRIMATES.
Cebidæ.
1. Cebus 18 Costa Rica to Paraguay
2. Lagothrix 5 Upper Amazon and E. Andes
3. Eriodes 3 East Brazil, S. of Equator
4. Ateles 14 Almost all tropical America
5. Mycetes 10 E. Guatemala to Paraguay
6. Pithecia 7 Equatorial Forests
7. Brachiurus 5 Equatorial Forests
8. Nyctipithecus 5 Nicaragua to Amazonia
9. Saimiris 3 Costa Rica to Brazil and Bolivia
10. Callithrix 11 Panama to Paraguay
Hapalidæ.
11. Hapale 9 Brazil and Upper Amazon
12. Midas 24 Equatorial America to Panama
CHIROPTERA.
Phyllostomidæ.
13. Lonchorina 1 West Indian Islands
14. Macrophyllum 1 Brazil
15. Vampyrus
16. Lophostoma 25 Tropical America and Chili
17. Phyllostoma
18. Macrotus 1 Antilles and Mexico California
19. Schizostoma 5 South America
20. Brachyphylla 1 Antilles
21. Glossophaga 8 Tropical America
22. Phyllonycteris 2 Cuba
23. Artibeus 4 S. America & Antilles, Costa Rica
24. Stenoderma 7 The whole region
25. Sturnira 3 Chili to Guatemala
26. Desmodus 3 Chili to Mexico
27. Saccopteryx 1 Ecuador
28. Diphylla 1 Brazil
29. Centurio 3 Brazil to Mexico
Vespertilionidæ.
30. Lasiurus 2 Tropical America Nearctic
31. Scotophilus 7 Antilles, Mexico to S. America Nearc., Austral., Orien.
32. Vespertilio 12 The whole region Cosmopolite
33. Nycticejus 3 S. Temperate America Nearctic, India, Tropical Africa
34. Natalus 1 S. America and Antilles
35. Furipterus 2 S. America
36. Thyroptera 2 S. America
37. Nycticellus 1 Cuba
38. Taphozous 5 S. America Ethiopian, Oriental, Austro-Malayan
39. Diclidurus 1 Brazil
Noctilionidæ.
40. Noctilio 2 Paraguay to W. Indies
41. Mormops 1 Antilles and Mexico
42. Phyllodia 1 Jamaica
43. Chilonycteris 5 Brazil and West Indies
44. Pteronotus 1 Trinidad
45. Nyctinomus 2 La Plata to Antilles & Costa Rica S. Nearc., Orien., Madag.
46. Molossus 16 Paraguay and Chili to Antilles Ethiopian, S. Palæarc., Australian
INSECTIVORA.
Centetidæ.
47. Solenodon 2 Cuba and Hayti
Soricidæ.
(Sorex 1 Guatemala and Costa Rica) All other reg. but Austrl.
CARNIVORA.
Felidæ.
48. Felis 13 The whole region, excl. Antilles All regions but Austral.
Canidæ.
49. Icticyon 1 Brazil
50. Chrysocyon 1 S. America
(Lupus 2 Mexico to Costa Rica) Northern genus
51. Lycalopex 2 S. America
52. Pseudalopex 5 S. America, Falkland Islands, & Tierra del Fuego
53. Thous 2 S. America to Chili
Mustelidæ.
54. Mustela 2 Andes of Peru All other reg. but Austrl.
55. Galictis 2 S. America to Chili & Patagonia
56. Lontra 3 Central and S. America to Chonos Archipelago
57. Nutria 1 W. coast of America to Chiloe W. coast of N. America
58. Pteronura 1 Surinam and Brazil
59. Mephitis 3 Mexico to Sts. of Magellan Nearctic to Canada
Procyonidæ.
60. Procyon 1 Tropical America Nearctic to Canada
61. Nasua 5 Mexico to Paraguay & La Plata
62. Cercoleptes 1 Mexico to Peru and N. Brazil
63. Bassaris 2 Mexico and Guatemala California and Texas
Ursidæ.
64. Tremarctos 1 Andes of Peru and Chili
Otariidæ.
65. Otaria 1 Chili, La Plata, and Patagonia
66. Arctocephalus 1 Falkland Islands & Cape Horn New Zealand
Phocidæ.
67. Stenorhynchus 1 Falkland Islands New Zealand
68. Lobodon 1 Antarctic shores
69. Leptonyx 1 Antarctic shores, E. Patagonia S. Australia
70. Ommatophoca 1 Antarctic shores
71. Morunga 1 Falkland Islands California, S. temp. zone
72. Cystophora 1 Antilles N. Atlantic
CETACEA.
Delphinidæ.
73. Inia 1 Upper Amazon
SIRENIA.
Manatidæ.
74. Manatus 1 Gulf of Mexico to N. Brazil, Amazon R. W. Africa
UNGULATA.
Tapiridæ.
75. Tapirus 2 Equatorial S. America Indo-Malaya
76. Elasmognathus 1 Panama to Guatemala
Suidæ.
77. Dicotyles 2 Mexico to Paraguay Texas
Camelidæ.
78. Auchenia 4 Temp. S. America, from Cape Horn to Andes of Peru
Cervidæ.
79. Cervus 12 Mexico to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego All regions but Ethiopian and Australian
RODENTIA.
Muridæ.
80. Reithrodon 4 South Temp. America to Tierra del Fuego United States
81. Acodon 1 Peru, 14,000 ft. elevation
82. Myxomys 1 Guatemala
83. Hesperomys 76 The whole region Nearctic
84. Holochilus 4 S. America
85. Oxymycterus 3 Brazil and La Plata
86. Drymomys 1 Peru
87. Neotomys 2 S. America
(Fiber 1 Mexico) Nearctic genus
Saccomyidæ.
88. Heteromys 6 Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica & Trinidad
Sciuridæ.
89. Sciurus 30 Mexico to Paraguay All reg. but Australian
Chinchillidæ.
90. Chinchilla 2 Andes of Chili and Peru
91. Lagidium 3 Chili to Ecuador (11,000 to 16,000 ft.)
92. Lagostomus 1 Uruguay to Rio Negro of Patagonia
Octodontidæ.
93. Habrocomus 2 Chili
94. Capromys 3 Cuba and Jamaica
95. Plagiodontia 1 Hayti
96. Spalacopus 2 Chili and E. of Andes
97. Octodon 3 Chili, Peru, and Bolivia
98. Ctenomys 6 S. Brazil to Tierra del Fuego
Echimyidæ.
99. Dactylomys 2 Guiana and Brazil
100. Cercomys 1 Central Brazil
101. Lasiuromys 1 St. Paulo, Brazil
102. Myopotamus 1 S. half of tropical S. America
103. Carterodon 1 Central Brazil
104. Mesomys 1 Upper Amazon
105. Echimys 11 Equatorial America to Paraguay
106. Loncheres 10 New Granada to Brazil
Cercolabidæ.
107. Cercolabes 12 Mexico to Paraguay
108. Chætomys 1 N. Brazil
Caviidæ.
109. Dasyprocta 9 Paraguay to Mexico and Lesser Antilles
110. Cœlogenys 2 Guatemala to Paraguay
111. Hydrochœrus 1 Guiana to La Plata
112. Cavia 9 Brazil and Peru to Magellan Sts.
113. Kerodon 6 Brazil and Peru to Magellan Sts.
114. Dolichotis 1 The Pampas and Patagonia
Leporidæ.
115. Lepus 1 Central Brazil and Andes, Costa Rica to Mexico All regions but Austral.
EDENTATA.
Bradypodidæ.
116. Cholœpus 2 Costa Rica to Brazil
117. Bradypus 2 Amazon to Rio de Janeiro
118. Arctopithecus 8 Costa Rica to Brazil and Bolivia
Dasypodidæ.
119. Tatusia 5 Rio Grande, Texas, to Patagonia
120. Prionodontes 1 Surinam to Paraguay
121. Dasypus 4 Brazil to Chili and La Plata, Costa Rica?
122. Xenurus 3 Guiana to Paraguay, Costa Rica?
123. Tolypeutes 2 Bolivia and La Plata
124. Chlamydophorus 2 La Plata and Bolivia
Myrmecophagidæ.
125. Myrmecophaga 1 Costa Rica?, & N. Braz., to Parag.
126. Tamandua 2 Guatemala to Paraguay
127. Cyclothurus 2 Honduras and Costa Rica to Paraguay
MARSUPIALIA.
Didelphyidæ.
128. Didelphys 20 Mexico to Uruguay and S. Chili Temperate N. America
129. Chironectes 1 Guiana and Brazil, Costa Rica
130. Hyracodon 1 Ecuador