. Atlas of zoogeography; a series of maps illustrating the distribution of over seven hundred families, genera, and species of existing animals. Zoology; Zoogeography. 4o ZOOLOGICAL. ORDER CROCODILIA (Crocodiles, &c ; 24 Species). CROCODILIDJE (Crocodiles ; 13 Species). Plate 20, Map iv. Crocodiles have a fairly wide distribution, occurring in the greater part of Africa, Madagascar, Southern Asia, the extreme north of Australia, the Fiji Islands, and tropical America. Four species occur in the New World, three in Africa, two in Madagascar, two in Australia, and the rest in the Oriental Reg
. Atlas of zoogeography; a series of maps illustrating the distribution of over seven hundred families, genera, and species of existing animals. Zoology; Zoogeography. 4o ZOOLOGICAL. ORDER CROCODILIA (Crocodiles, &c ; 24 Species). CROCODILIDJE (Crocodiles ; 13 Species). Plate 20, Map iv. Crocodiles have a fairly wide distribution, occurring in the greater part of Africa, Madagascar, Southern Asia, the extreme north of Australia, the Fiji Islands, and tropical America. Four species occur in the New World, three in Africa, two in Madagascar, two in Australia, and the rest in the Oriental Region and eastwards to the Fiji Islands. A small, short-nosed species found in West Africa is made the type of a distinct genus (Osteoleemus); all the rest are placed in the genus Crocodilus. ALLIGATOEID-ffi (Alligators and Caimans; 9 Species). Plate 20, Map iv. The members of this family have an interesting and peculiar distribu- tion. Only two genera are known, excluding the doubtful Perosuchus. The typical genus (Alligator) consists of three species, one of which occurs in the South-eastern United States, another in the Yang-tse-Kiang, and a third whose habitat is unknown. The Caimans {Caiman), distinguished by having bony armour on the lower surface of the body, are five in number, and are restricted to Central and South America. The presence of an Alligator in the Yang-tse-Kiang, so far removed from its relatives, is very remarkable, and it is still more curious that of the three species of the genus it is the one most closely allied to the Caimans. GAVIALID-ffi (Gavials or Garials; 2 Species). Plate 20, Map iv. These peculiar long-snouted Crocodilians are placed in two separate genera, Gavialis gangeticus being the well-known creature inhabiting the large Indian rivers, and Tomistoma schlegelii the other species occurring in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. The Gavials, more properly called Garials, feed almost entirely on fish, and consequently are harmless to huma
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