TABLE I.

FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE AUSTRALIAN REGION.

Explanation.

Names in italics show families which are peculiar to the region.

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

Numbers correspond to the series of numbers to the families in Part IV.

Order and FamilySub-regionsRange beyond the Region.
Austro-Malaya.Australia.Polynesia.New Zealand.
MAMMALIA.
Primates.
3. CynopithecidæOriental and Ethiopian
Chiroptera.
9. PteropidæOriental and Ethiopian
11. RhinolophidæThe Eastern Hemisphere
12. VespertilionidæCosmopolite
13. NoctilionidæAll tropical regions
Carnivora.
25. (Viverridæ)Oriental
33. OtariidæN. and S. temperate zones
35. PhocidæN. and S. temperate zones
Cetacea.
36 to 41.Oceanic
Sirenia.
42. ManatidæEthiopian, Oriental
Ungulata.
47. SuidæAll other regions but Nearctic
50. (Cervidæ)All other regions but Ethiopian
52. (Bovidæ)All other regions but Neotropical
Rodentia.
55. MuridæAll other regions
61. (Scuiridæ)All other regions
Marsupialia.
77. Dasyuridæ
78. Myrmecobiidæ
79. Peramelidæ
80. Macropodidæ

81. Phalangistidæ

82. Phascolomyidæ
Monotremata.
83. Ornithorhynchidæ
84. Echidnidæ
BIRDS.
Passeres.
1. TurdidæCosmopolite
2. SylviidæCosmopolite
3. TimaliidæOriental family
5. Cinclidæ
8. Certhiidæ
9. Sittidæ
10. Paridæ
13. PycnonotidæOriental family
14. OriolidæOriental and Ethiopian
15. CampephagidæOriental and Ethiopian
16. DicruridæOriental and Ethiopian
17. MuscicapidæThe Old World
18. PachycephalidæAlmost peculiar to region
19. LaniidæThe Old World
20. CorvidæCosmopolite
21. Paradiseidæ
22. Meliphagidæ
23. NectariniidæOriental and Ethiopian
24. DicæidæOriental and Ethiopian
25. Drepanididæ
30. HirundinidæCosmopolite
34. PloceidæOriental, Ethiopian
35. SturnidæThe Old World
36. ArtamidæOriental
37. AlaudidæThe Old World and N. America
38. MotacillidæThe Old World
47. PittidæOriental, Ethiopian
49. MenuridæPeculiar to Australia
50. AtrichiidæPeculiar to Australia
Picariæ.
51. PicidæAll other regions
58. CuculidæCosmopolite
62. CoraciidæOriental and Ethiopian
63. MeropidæOriental and Ethiopian
67. AlcedinidæCosmopolite
68. BucerotidæOriental and Ethiopian
71. PodargidæOriental
73. CaprimulgidæCosmopolite
74. CypselidæCosmopolite

Psittaci.

76. CacatuidæPhilippine Islands
77. Platycercidæ
78. PalæornithidæOriental
79. Trichoglossidæ
82. Nestoridæ
83. Stringopidæ
Columbæ.
84. ColumbidæCosmopolite
84a. Didunculidæ
Gallinæ.
87. TetraonidæOld World and N. America
88. (Phasianidæ)Oriental
89. TurnicidæThe Old World
90. Megapodiidæ
Accipitres.
96. FalconidæCosmopolite
97. PandionidæCosmopolite
98. StrigidæCosmopolite
Grallæ.
99. RallidæCosmopolite
100. ScolopacidæCosmopolite
103. ParridæTropical
104. GlareolidæThe Eastern Hemisphere
105. CharadriidæCosmopolite
106. OtididæThe Eastern Hemisphere
107. GruidæThe Eastern Hemisphere
112. Rhinochetidæ
113. ArdeidæCosmopolite
114. PlataleidæAlmost cosmopolite
115. CiconiidæWidely distributed
Anseres.
118. AnatidæCosmopolite
119. LaridæCosmopolite
120. ProcellariidæCosmopolite
121. PelecanidæCosmopolite
122. SpheniscidæS. temperate regions
124. PodicipidæCosmopolite
Struthiones.
127. Casuariidæ
128. Apterygidæ
129. DinornithidæExtinct
130. PalapterygidæExtinct

REPTILIA.

Ophidia.
1. TyphlopidæAll regions but Nearctic
2. TortricidæOriental, S. America, California
3. XenopeltidæOriental
5. CalamariidæAll warm countries
7. ColubridæAlmost cosmopolite
8. HomalopsidæOriental, and all other regions
11. DendrophidæOriental, Ethiopian, Neotropical
12. DryiophidæOriental, Ethiopian, Neotropical
13. DipsadidæOriental, Ethiopian, Neotropical
15. LycodontidæEthiopian and Oriental
16. AmblycephalidæOriental, Neotropical
17. PythonidæTropical regions, California
19. AcrochordidæOriental
20. ElapidæTropical regions, Japan, S. Carolina
23. HydrophidæOriental, Madagascar, Panama
Lacertilia.
30. VaranidæOriental, Africa
33. LacertidæThe Eastern Hemisphere
41. GymnopthalmidæNeotropical, Ethiopian, Palæarctic
42. Pygopodidæ
43. Aprasiadæ
44. Lialidæ
45. ScincidæAlmost cosmopolite
48. AcontiadæEthiopian, Oriental
49. GeckotidæAlmost cosmopolite
50. IguanidæN. and S. America
51. AgamidæThe Eastern Hemisphere
Rhyncocephalina.
53. Rhyncocephalidæ
Crocodilia.
54. GavialidæOriental
55. CrocodilidæTropical regions
Chelonia.
57. TestudinidæAll other regions
58. ChelydidæEthiopian, Neotropical
60. CheloniidæMarine
AMPHIBIA.
Anoura.
7. PhryniscidæEthiopian, Malayan, Neotropical
9. BufonidæAll other regions
10. Xenorhinidæ
11. EngystomidæAll regions but Palæarctic
12. BombinatoridæNeotropical, Palæarctic

14. Alytidæ

All regions but Oriental
15. PelodryadæNeotropical
16. HylidæAll regions but Ethiopian
17. PolypedatidæAll the regions
18. RanidæAlmost cosmopolite
19. DiscoglossidæAll regions but Nearctic
FISHES (FRESH-WATER).
Acanthopterygii.
11. TrachinidæPatagonia (? marine)
35. LabyrinthiciOriental, S. Africa
37. AtherinidæEurope, America
38. MugillidæEthiopian, Neotropical
Anacanthini.
53. Gadopsidæ
Physostomi.
59. SiluridæAll warm regions
61. HaplochitonidæTemperate S. America
65. SalmonidæPalæarctic, Nearctic
67. GalaxidæTemperate S. America
78. OsteoglossidæAll tropical regions
85. (Symbranchidæ)Oriental, Neotropical
Dipnoi.
92. SirenoideiEthiopian, Neotropical
INSECTS.
LEPIDOPTERA (PART).
Diurni (Butterflies).
1. DanaidæAll warm regions, and to Canada
2. SatyridæCosmopolite
3. ElymniidæOriental, Ethiopian
4. MorphidæOriental, Neotropical
6. AcræidæAll tropical regions
8. NymphalidæCosmopolite
9. LibytheidæAll the other regions
10. NemeobeidæAll other regions but Nearctic
13. LycænidæCosmopolite
14. PieridæCosmopolite
15. PapilionidæCosmopolite
16. HesperidæCosmopolite
Sphingidea.
17. ZygænidæCosmopolite
18. CastniidæNeotropical
19. AgaristidæOriental, Ethiopian
20. UraniidæAll tropical regions
23. SphingidæCosmopolite

TABLE II.

GENERA OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIA AND BIRDS INHABITING THE AUSTRALIAN REGION.

Explanation.