The geographical distribution of animals, with a study of the relations ...

494 INDEX.Ethiopian region, general features of, 251zoological characteristics of, 25?mammalia of, 253great speciality of, 253birds of, 253reptiles of, 254amphibia of, 255fresh-water fish of, 255summary of vertebrates of, 255insects of, 255coleoptera of, 256terrestrial mollusca of, 257sub-regions of, 258Atlantic islands of, 269the probable past history of, 285tables of distribution of animals of, 293Ewtnys, N. American Tertiary, 140Euphrachis, S. American Pliocene, 147Europe, recent changes in physical geographyof, 39Miocene fauna of Central, 117Miocene fauna of, allied to existing faunaof tropical Asia and Africa, 124European sub-region, description of, 191forests of, 192mammalia of, 192birds of, 193reptiles and amphibia of, 195fresh-water fish of, 196insects of, 196islands of, 197Euryceros of Madagascar, figure of, 278Eurydon, in Brazilian caves, 145Euriitherium, European Eocene, 126Eutatus, S. American Pliocene, 147Eutelodon, European Eocene, 126Eutemnodus, S. American Eocene, 148Extinct mammalian fauna of Europe, generalconsiderations on, 126mammalia of N. America and Europe,comparison of, 140mammalia of the Antilles, 148mammalia of Old and New Worlds,general remarks on, 148fauna of New Zealand, 459Extinction of large animals, causes of, 158Fauna of Japan, general character and affinitiesof, 230of Patearetic region, general conclusionsas to, 231extinct, of Madagascar and MascareneIslands, 282Malayan, probable origin of, 359Moluccan, peculiarities of, 419Timorese, origin of, 422of Celebes, origin of, 436of New Zealand, origin of, 460Felis spelcea, 110Felis, Miocene of Greece, 115European Miocene, 118Indian Miocene, 121N. American Post-Pliocene, 129in Brazilian caves, 144Fernando Po, zoological features of, 265Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa Islands, birds of, 443Fishes, means of dispersal of, 29classification of, 101cosmopolitan groups of, 176of the Palaearctic region, 186of the European sub-region, 196of the Mediterranean sub-region, 205of the Manchurian sub-region. 227Fishes.fresh -water,table of Palaearctic familiesof, 227of the Ethiopian region, 255of South Africa, 268fresh-water, table of Ethiopian families of,298fresh-water, of the Oriental region, 318of the Indo-Malay sub-region, 341fresh-water, table of Oriental families of,369fresh-water, of the Australian region, 397fresh-water,resemblance of Australian andS. American, 400how the transmission may have takenplace, 401fresh-water, of New Zealand, 457Flamingoes, European Miocene, 162Flora, of New Zealand, as influenced by scarcityof insects, 462fossil of Australia, 467Flower, Professor, on classification of mammalia,85classification of carnivora, 87Flying Lemur, Malayan, figure of, 337Flying Opossum, figure of, 442Formosa, zoology of, 332Forests, essential to existence of many Europeananimals, 192Siberian, greatest extent of, 216G.Galapagos, scarcity of insects in, 463Galecynus, in European Pliocene, 112Galera, N. American Post- Pliocene, 13Galeospalax, European Miocene, 118Galeotherium, Post-Pliocene, 111Galethylax, European Eocene, 125Galictis, in Brazilian caves, 144Gallinse, classification of, 96range of Palaearctic genera of, 248range of Ethiopian genera of, 311range of Oriental genera of, 3S4range of Australian genera of, 485GoMus, Miocene of Greece, 116Gallus bravardi, European Pliocene, 161Gast