The Geographical Distribution of Animals/Chapter 14.3
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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 | ||
