. The geography of mammals. t -^f^^-^p^^^ l^l^fflfc iSSS i. £**- Fig. 13.—The Cape Aakd-vark.(Orycteropus capcnsis.) Marsupials and Monotremes being alone absent. TheEdentates of this Region are represented by two of these, of which the sole genus is the Aard-vark(Orycteropus), is quite restricted to the Region (see Fig. 13). 90 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS The other, containing the scaly ant-eaters (Manidze) isfound also in the Oriental Region (see Fig. 14). Thesetwo forms are in most respects more closely allied to oneanother than to any of the Edentates of the New is, howe
. The geography of mammals. t -^f^^-^p^^^ l^l^fflfc iSSS i. £**- Fig. 13.—The Cape Aakd-vark.(Orycteropus capcnsis.) Marsupials and Monotremes being alone absent. TheEdentates of this Region are represented by two of these, of which the sole genus is the Aard-vark(Orycteropus), is quite restricted to the Region (see Fig. 13). 90 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS The other, containing the scaly ant-eaters (Manidze) isfound also in the Oriental Region (see Fig. 14). Thesetwo forms are in most respects more closely allied to oneanother than to any of the Edentates of the New is, however, the animals belonging to the Order 111. Fig. 14.—The White-bellied Pangolin. (Manis tricuspis.) Ungulata which form so conspicuous a factor in theEthiopian fauna. These are distributed among thirty-ninegenera, of which no less than twenty-four are not foundanywhere outside this Region. The antelopes, of the family Bovidv, which are most THE ETHIOPIAN REGION 91 of them large animals living in vast herds in the moreopen country of eastern and southern Africa, take up thegreater number of these genera. These are perhaps, at thepresent epoch, the most notable feature of the AfricanFauna, but will doubtless, owing to the unceasing persecu-tion of hunters and sportsmen, become rapidly less the larger Antelopes are nearly extinct in the Cape
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