The Geographical Distribution of Animals/Chapter 10.2

by Alfred Russel Wallace

TABLE II.

LIST OF THE GENERA OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIA AND BIRDS INHABITING THE PALÆARCTIC REGION.

Explanation.

Names in italics show genera peculiar to the region.

Names inclosed thus (...) show genera which just enter the region, but are not considered properly to belong to it.

Genera which undoubtedly belong to the region are numbered consecutively.

MAMMALIA.
Order, Family, and Genus.			No. of Species.	Range within the Region.	Range beyond the Region.
PRIMATES.
Semnopithecidæ.
	(Semnopithecus		1	Eastern Thibet)	Oriental genus
Cynopithecidæ.
1.	Macacus		4	Gibraltar, N. Africa, E. Thibet to Japan	Oriental
CHIROPTERA.
Pteropidæ.
	(Pteropus		2	Egypt, Japan)	Tropics of the E. Hemis.
	(Xantharpyia		1	N. Africa, Palestine)	Oriental, Austro-Malayan
Rhinolophidæ.
2.	Rhinolophus		9	Temperate & Southern parts of Region	Warmer parts E. Hemisphere
	(Asellia		1	Egypt)	Ethiopian, Java
	(Rhinopoma		1	Egypt, Palestine)	[?] India
	(Nycteris		1	Egypt)	Nubia, Himalaya
Vespertilionidæ.
3.	Vesperugo		1	Siberia, Amoorland	[?]
4.	Otonycteris		1	Egypt	[?]
5.	Vespertilio		35	The whole region	Cosmopolite
	(Kerivoula		1	N. China)	Oriental, S. Africa
6.	Miniopteris		1	S. Europe, N. Africa, Japan	S. Afric. Malaya, Austral.
7.	Plecotus		1	S. Europe	Himalayas
8.	Barbastellus		2	Mid. and S. Europe, Palestine	Darjeeling, Timor
Noctilionidæ.
9.	Molossus		2	S. Europe, N. Africa	Ethiop., Neotrop., Australian
INSECTIVORA.
Erinaceidæ.
10.	Erinaceus		4	The whole region; excl. Japan	Oriental, Africa.
Talpidæ.
11.	Talpa		5	The whole region	N. India
12.	Scaptochirus		1	N. China
13.	Anurosorex		1	N. China
14.	Scaptonyx		1	N. China
15.	Myogale		2	S. E. Russia, Pyrenees
16.	Nectogale		1	Thibet
17.	Urotrichus		1	Japan	N. W. America
18.	Uropsilus		1	E. Thibet
Soricidæ.
19.	Sorex		10	The whole region	Absent from Australia & S. America
20.	Crocidura		4	W. Europe to N. China	[?]
CARNIVORA.
Felidæ.
21.	Felis		12	The whole region; excl. extreme North	All regions but Austral.
22.	Lyncus		9	S. Europe to Arctic sea	America N. of 66° N.Lat.
Viverridæ.
	(Viverra		1	N. China)	Oriental and Ethiopian
23.	Genetta		1	S. Europe & N. Africa, Palestine	Ethiopian
	(Herpestes		1	N. Africa, Spain [?], Palestine)	Oriental and Ethiopian
Hyænidæ.
24.	Hyæna		1	N. Africa and S. W. Asia	Ethiopian, India
Canidæ.
25.	Canis		4	The whole region	All reg. but Austral.[?]
26.	Nyctereutes		1	Japan, Amoorland, N. China
Mustelidæ.
27.	Martes		7	N. Europe and Asia, E. Thibet	Oriental, Nearctic
28.	Putorius		3	W. Europe to N. E. Asia
29.	Mustela		10	The whole region	Nearctic, Ethiop., Himalayas, Peru
30.	Vison		2	Europe and Siberia	N. America, N. India, China
31.	Gulo		1	The Arctic regions	Arctic America
32.	Lutra		2	The whole region	Oriental
33.	Lutronectes		1	Japan
34.	Enhydris		1	N. Asia and Japan	California
35.	Meles		2	Cen. Europe, Palestine, N. China, Japan	China to Hongkong
Æluridæ.
36.	Ælurus		1	S. E. Thibet	Nepal
37.	Æluropus		1	E. Thibet
Ursidæ.
38.	Thalassarctos		1	Arctic regions	Arctic America
39.	Ursus		4	The whole region	Oriental, Nearctic, Chili
Otariidæ.
40.	Callorhinus		1	Kamschatka and Behring's Straits
41.	Zalophus		1	Japan	California
42.	Eumetopias		1	Japan, Behring's Straits	California
Trichechidæ.
43.	Trichechus		1	Polar Seas	Arctic America
Phocidæ.
44.	Callocephalus		3	North Sea, Caspian, Lake Baikal	Greenland
45.	Pagomys		2	North Sea, Japan	N. Pacific
46.	Pagophilus		2	Northern Seas	N. Pacific
47.	Phoca		2	Northern Seas	N. Pacific
48.	Halichærus		1	North Sea and Baltic	Greenland
49.	Pelagius		2	Madeira to Black Sea
50.	Cystophora		2	N. Atlantic	N. Atlantic
SIRENIA.					Tropics & Behring's Strts.
CETACEA.					Oceanic
UNGULATA.
Equidæ.
51.	Equus		4	Cent. and W. Asia & N. Africa	Ethiopian
Suidæ.
52.	Sus		2	The whole region	Oriental, Austro-Malayan
Camelidæ.
53.	Camelus		2	Deserts of Cent. and W. Asia and N. Africa
Cervidæ.
54.	Alces		1	North Europe and Asia	N. America
55.	Tarandus		1	Arctic Europe and Asia	Arctic America
56.	Cervus		8	The whole region	All regions but Austral.
57.	Dama		1	Mediterranean district
58.	Elaphodus		1	N. W. China
59.	Lophotragus		1	N. China
60.	Capreolus		2	Temp. Europe and W. Asia and N. China
61.	Moschus		1	Amoor R., N. China, to Himalayas
62.	Hydropotes		1	N. China
Bovidæ.
63.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Bos	1	Europe, (not wild)	Oriental
64.		Bison	1	Poland and Caucasus
65.		Poephagus	1	Thibet
66.	Addax		1	N. Africa to Syria
67.	Oryx		1	N. Africa to Syria	Ethiopian deserts
68.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Gazella	12	N. Africa to Persia, and Beloochistan	S. Africa, India
69.		Procapra	2	W. Thibet and Mongolia
70.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Saiga	1	E. Europe and W. Asia
71.		Pantholops	1	W. Thibet
	(Alcephalus		1	Syria)	Ethiopian genus.
72.	Budorcas		2	E. Himalayas to E. Thibet
73.	Rupicapra		2	Pyrenees to Caucasus
74.	Nemorhedus		7	E. Himalayas to E. China and Japan	Oriental to Sumatra, Formosa
75.	Capra		20	Spain to Thibet and N.E. Africa	Nilgherries, Rocky Mtns.
HYRACOIDEA.
Hyracidæ.
	(Hyrax		1	Syria)	Ethiopian genus
RODENTIA.
Muridæ.
76.	Mus		?15	The whole region	E. Hemisphere
77.	Cricetus		9	The whole region
78.	Cricetulus		3	N. China
79.	Meriones		8	W. and Central Asia to N. China, N. Africa	Ethiopian, Indian.
80.	Rhombomys		6	E. Europe, Cent. Asia, N. Africa
81.	Psammomys		3	Egypt and Palestine
82.	Sminthus		3	East Europe, Siberia
83.	Arvicola		?21	The whole region	Himalayas, Nearctic
84.	Cuniculus		1	N. E. Europe, Siberia	Arctic America
85.	Myodes		1	North of region	Nearctic
86.	Myospalax		3	Altai Mountains and N. China
Spalacidæ.
87.	Ellobius		1	S. Russia and S. W. Siberia
88.	Spalax		1	Hungary and Greece to W. Asia, Palestine
Dipodidæ.
89.	Dipus		?15	S. E. Europe and N. Africa to N. China	Africa, India
Myoxidæ.
90.	Myoxus		12	Temperate parts of whole region	Ethiopian
Castoridæ.
91.	Castor		1	Temperate zone, from France to Amoorland	N. America
Sciuridæ.
92.	Sciurus		8	The whole region	All regions but Austral.
92a.	Tamias		1	All Northern Asia	N. America
93.	Sciuropterus		4	Finland to Siberia and Japan	Oriental, Nearctic
94.	Pteromys		3	Japan and W. China	Oriental
95.	Spermophilus		10	E. Europe to N. China and Kamschatka	Nearctic
96.	Arctomys.		4	Alps to E. Thibet and Kamschatka	Nearctic
Octodontidæ.
97.	Ctenodactylus		1	N. Africa
Hystricidæ.
98.	Hystrix		2	S. Europe, Palestine, N. China.	Ethiopian, Oriental
Lagomyidæ.
99.	Lagomys		10	Volga to E. Thibet and Kamschatka	Nearctic
Leporidæ.
100.	Lepus		12	The whole region	All regions but Austral.