The geographical distribution of animals, with a study of the relations ...
The geographical distribution of animals, with a study of the relations ... The geographical distribution of animals, with a study of the relations ...
86 DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. [part I.The above series of orders is arranged according to ProfessorFlower's Osteology of Mammalia, and they will follow in thissuccession throughout my work. Professor Huxley arrangesthe same orders in a different series.In determining the manner in which the several ordersbe subdivided into families, I have been guided inshallmy choice ofclassifications mainly by the degree of attention the author appearsto have paid to the group, and his known ability as aIn many cases it is a matter of great doubt whethera certain group should form several distinct families or be unitedinto one or two ; but one method may bring out the peculiaritiesof distribution much better than the other, and this is, in ourcase, a sufficient reason for adopting it.For the Primates I follow, with some modifications, theclassification of Mr. St. George Mivart given in his article" Apes " in the new edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, andin his paper in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,1865, p. 547. It is as follows :systematic zoologist ; and in a less degree by considerations ofconvenience as regards the special purposes of geographical distribution.Order-
CHAP. V.] CLASSIFICATION. 87better to treat them as families, a rank which is claimed for theanthropoid apes by many naturalists.As no good systematic work on the genera and species of batshas been yet published, I adopt the five families as generallyused in this country, with the genera as given in the papers ofDr. J. E. Gray and Mr. Tomes. A monograph by Dr. Petershas long been promised, and his outline arrangement waspublished in 1865, but this will perhaps be materially alteredwhen the work appears.FrugivoraInsectivorailstiophoraGyrunorhiniOrder—CHIROPTERA.Fam....9. Pteropida?{ 10. Phyllostomidse(11. Rhinolophidse(12. Vespertilionidae( 13. NoctilionidseFruit-eating Bats.Leaf-nosed Bats.Horse-shoe Bats.True Bats.Dog-headed Bats.The genera of Chiroptera are in a state of great confusion, thenames used by different authors being 1 often not at all comparable,so that the few details given of the distribution of thebats are not trustworthy. We have therefore made little useof this order in the theoretical part of the work.The osteology of the Insectivora has been very carefullyworked out by Professor Mivart in the Jounral of Anatomyand Physiology (Vol. ii., p. 380), and I follow his classificationas given there, and in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society(1871).Fam.14. Galeopithecidae15. Macroscelididse16. Tupaiidae17. Erinaceidse ...18. Centetidse19. Potamogalidse20. Chrysochloridse21. Talpidae22. SoricidseOrder—INSECTIVORA.Flving Lemurs.Elephant Shrews.Squirrel Shrews.Hedgehogs.Tenrecs.Otter Shrew.Golden Moles.Moles.Shrews.The next order, Carnivora, has been studied in detail byProfessor Flower ;and I adopt the classification given by him inthe Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1869, p. 4.
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CHAP. V.] CLASSIFICATION. 87better to treat <strong>the</strong>m as families, a rank which is claimed for <strong>the</strong>anthropoid apes by many naturalists.As no good systematic work on <strong>the</strong> genera and species <strong>of</strong> batshas been yet published, I adopt <strong>the</strong> five families as generallyused in this country, <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong> genera as given in <strong>the</strong> papers <strong>of</strong>Dr. J. E. Gray and Mr. Tomes. A monograph by Dr. Petershas long been promised, and his outline arrangement waspublished in 1865, but this will perhaps be materially alteredwhen <strong>the</strong> work appears.FrugivoraInsectivorailstiophoraGyrunorhiniOrder—CHIROPTERA.Fam....9. Pteropida?{ 10. Phyllostomidse(11. Rhinolophidse(12. Vespertilionidae( 13. NoctilionidseFruit-eating Bats.Leaf-nosed Bats.Horse-shoe Bats.True Bats.Dog-headed Bats.<strong>The</strong> genera <strong>of</strong> Chiroptera are in a state <strong>of</strong> great confusion, <strong>the</strong>names used by different authors being 1 <strong>of</strong>ten not at all comparable,so that <strong>the</strong> few details given <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>distribution</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>bats are not trustworthy. We have <strong>the</strong>refore made little use<strong>of</strong> this order in <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>oretical part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> work.<strong>The</strong> osteology <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Insectivora has been very carefullyworked out by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Mivart in <strong>the</strong> Jounral <strong>of</strong> Anatomyand Physiology (Vol. ii., p. 380), and I follow his classificationas given <strong>the</strong>re, and in <strong>the</strong> Proceedings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Zoological Society(1871).Fam.14. Galeopi<strong>the</strong>cidae15. Macroscelididse16. Tupaiidae17. Erinaceidse ...18. Centetidse19. Potamogalidse20. Chrysochloridse21. Talpidae22. SoricidseOrder—INSECTIVORA.Flving Lemurs.Elephant Shrews.Squirrel Shrews.Hedgehogs.Tenrecs.Otter Shrew.Golden Moles.Moles.Shrews.<strong>The</strong> next order, Carnivora, has been studied in detail byPr<strong>of</strong>essor Flower ;and I adopt <strong>the</strong> classification given by him in<strong>the</strong> Proceedings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Zoological Society, 1869, p. 4.
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