The Geographical Distribution of Animals/Chapter 13.2
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TABLE II.
GENERA OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIA AND BIRDS INHABITING THE AUSTRALIAN REGION.
Explanation.
Names in italics show genera peculiar to the region.
Names enclosed thus (...) show genera which just enter the region, but are not considered properly to belong to it.
Genera truly belonging to the region are numbered consecutively.
| MAMMALIA. | ||||
| Order, Family, and Genus. |
No. of Species. |
Range within the Region. | Range beyond the Region. | |
| PRIMATES. | ||||
| Cynopithecidæ. | ||||
| (Macacus | 1 | Lombok to Timor) | Oriental genus | |
| 1. | Cynopithecus | 1 | Celebes and Batchian | Philippines? |
| Lemuridæ. | ||||
| (Tarsius | 1 | Celebes) | Indo-Malayan genus | |
| CHIROPTERA. | ||||
| Pteropidæ. | ||||
| 2. | Pteropus | 15 | The whole reg. except New Zeal. | Tropics of E. Hemisp. |
| 3. | Xantharpyia | 1 | Moluccas and Timor | Oriental, S. Palæarctic |
| 4. | Cynopterus | 1 | Morty Island | Oriental |
| 5. | Macroglossus | 1 | Celebes, Moluccas, Timor | Indo-Malaya |
| 6. | Harpyia | 1 | Celebes and Moluccas | Philippines |
| 7. | Hypoderma | 1 | Celebes, Moluccas, and Timor | |
| 8. | Notopteris | 1 | Fiji Islands | |
| Rhinolophidæ. | ||||
| 9. | Rhinolophus | 7 | Moluccas, Timor, Australia | Warmer pts. of E. Hemis. |
| 10. | Hipposideros | 5 | Moluccas and Aru Islands | Oriental |
| 11. | Phyllorhina | 2 | Moluccas and Timor | Indo-Malaya |
| 12. | Asellia | 1 | Amboyna | Indo-Malaya |
| 13. | Megaderma | 1 | Ternate | Oriental, Ethiopian |
| Vespertilionidæ. | ||||
| 14. | Scotophilus | 8 | Moluccas, Timor, Australia | Oriental |
| 15. | Vespertilio | 2 | Australia | Cosmopolite |
| 16. | Miniopteris | 3 | Moluccas, Timor, and Australia | Indo-Malaya, S. Africa |
| 17. | Taphozous | 2 | Celebes, Moluccas, N. Australia | Orien., Ethiop., Neotrop. |
| 18. | Plecotus | 1 | Timor | N. India, S. Palæarctic |
| 19. | Nyctophilus | 5 | Australia and Tasmania | India |
| Noctilionidæ. | ||||
| 20. | Molossus | 1 | Australia | Neotrop., Ethiop., S. Pal. |
| 21. | Mystacina | 1 | New Zealand | |
| INSECTIVORA. | ||||
| Soricidæ. | ||||
| 22. | Sorex | 2 | Moluccas and Timor | The E. Hemis. & N. Amer. |
| CARNIVORA. | ||||
| Viverridæ. | ||||
| (Viverra | 1 | Celebes and Moluccas) | Oriental genus | |
| (Paradoxurus | 1 | Timor, Ke Islands, ? introduced) | Oriental genus | |
| Otariidæ. | ||||
| 23. | Arctocephalus | 1 | S. Australia, New Zealand | S. Temperate shores |
| 24. | Zalophus | 1 | Australia | North Pacific |
| Phocidæ. | ||||
| 25. | Stenorhynchus | 1 | New Zealand | Antarctic shores |
| SIRENIA. | ||||
| Manatidæ. | ||||
| 26. | Halicore | 1 | N. Australia | Oriental Ethiopian |
| UNGULATA. | ||||
| Suidæ. | ||||
| 27. | Sus | 4 | Celebes to New Guinea | Palæarctic, Oriental |
| 28. | Babirusa | 1 | Celebes, Bouru | |
| Cervidæ. | ||||
| (Cervus | 2 | Celebes, Moluccas, Timor) | Oriental genus | |
| Bovidæ. | ||||
| 29. | Anoa | 1 | Celebes | |
| RODENTIA. | ||||
| Sciuridæ. | ||||
| (Sciurus | 5 | Celebes) | All the other regions | |
| Muridæ. | ||||
| 30. | Mus | 13 | Australia, Celebes, Papua | The Western Hemisphere |
| 31. | Pseudomys | 1 | Australia | |
| 32. | Hapalotis | 13 | Australia | |
| 33. | Hydromys | 5 | Australia and Tasmania | |
| 34. | Acanthomys | 1 | N. Australia | |
| 35. | Echiothrix | 1 | Australia | |
| MARSUPIALIA. | ||||
| Dasyuridæ. | ||||
| 36. | Phascogale | 3 | New Guinea and Australia | |
| 37. | Antechinomys | 1 | S. Australia (interior) | |
| 38. | Antechinus | 12 | Aru Ids. Australia and Tasmania | |
| 39. | Chætocercus | 1 | S. Australia | |
| 40. | Dactylopsila | 1 | Aru Islands and N. Australia | |
| 41. | Podabrus | 5 | Australia and Tasmania | |
| 42. | Myoictis | 1 | Aru Islands | |
| 43. | Sarcophilus | 1 | Tasmania | |
| 44. | Dasyurus | 4 | Australia | |
| 45. | Thylacinus | 1 | Tasmania | |
| Myrmecobiidæ. | ||||
| 45. | Myrmecobius | 1 | S. and W. Australia | |
| Peramelidæ. | ||||
| 47. | Perameles | 8 | N. Guinea, Aru Ids., Australia, and Tasmania | |
| 48. | Peragalea | 1 | W. Australia | |
| 49. | Chæropus | 1 | S. E. and W. Australia | |
| Macropodidæ. | ||||
| 50. | Macropus | 4 | Australia and Tasmania | |
| 51. | Osphranter | 5 | All Australia | |
| 52. | Halmaturus | 18 | Australia and Tasmania | |
| 53. | Petrogale | 7 | All Australia | |
| 54. | Dendrolagus | 2 | New Guinea | |
| 55. | Dorcopsis | 2 | Aru, Mysol, and N. Guinea | |
| 56. | Onychogalea | 3 | Central Australia | |
| 57. | Lagorchestes | 5 | N., W., and S. Australia | |
| 58. | Bettongia | 6 | W., S., and E. Australia and Tasmania | |
| 59. | Hypsiprymnus | 4 | W. and E. Australia & Tasmania | |
| Phalangistidæ. | ||||
| 60. | Phascolarctos | 1 | E. Australia | |
| 61. | Phalangista | 5 | E., S., and W. Australia and Tasmania | |
| 62. | Cuscus | 8 | Celebes to N. Guinea, Timor & N. Australia | |
| 63. | Petaurista | 1 | E. Australia | |
| 64. | Belideus | 5 | S., E., & N. Austral., N. Guinea, and Moluccas | |
| 65. | Acrobata | 1 | S. and E. Australia | |
| 66. | Dromicia | 5 | W. & E. Australia & Tasmania | |
| 67. | Tarsipes | 1 | W. Australia | |
| Phascolomyidæ. | ||||
| 63. | Phascolomys | 1 | S. E. Australia and Tasmania | |
| MONOTREMATA. | ||||
| Ornithorhynchidæ. | ||||
| 69. | Ornithorhynchus | 1 | S. and E. Australia & Tasmania | |
| Echidnidæ. | ||||
| 70. | Echidna | 2 | S. & E. Australia, & Tasmania | |