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I. —ARCTIC REALM — inhabited by HYPERBOREANS ; and containing:-
■A. A A — an Hyperborean fauna.
II. —ASIATIC REALM— inhabited by MONGOLS; and subdivided into: -
B — a Mandchurian fauna > .
C — a Japanese fauna J temperate range of the zone.
B a Chinese fauna, in the warmer part.
E a CentralrMongolian fauna.
P — a Caspian (western) fauna.
III.— EUROPEAN REA L M inhabited By WHITE-MEN; and divided into: _
G — a Scandinavian fauna.
H — a Russian fauna.
I — a CentralrEur^0m fauna.
J — a South-European fauna.
^ \ K — a North-’African fauna.
B — an Egyptian fauna.
M a Syrian and an Iranian fauna.
IV.~AMERICAN R E A L M — inhabited by AMERICAN INDIANS .
N o r th A m e r ica — divided into: —
N — a Canadian fauna.
0 — an AUeghanian fauna, or fauna of the Middle States.
P a Louisianian fauna, or fauna of the Southern States
Q — a Tableland fauna, or fauna of the Rocky Mountains.
R — a Northwest-Coast launa.
v S — a Californian fauna.
C e n t r a l A m e r ic a — subdivided into: —
T — a Mainland fauna.
U — an Antilles fauna.
S o u th A m e r ic a—divided into: —
Y — a Brazilian fauna.
— a Pampas fauna.
X — a Cordilleras fauna.
Y— a Peruvian fauna,
x Z — a Patagonian fauna.
V, — A F R 1 C A N R E A L M -
POOLAHS , NE-
BOSJESMANS;
■inhabited by N UB IA NS , A B T S S IN IA N S ,
GROES, HOTTENTOTS,
and divided into: —
aa — a Saharan fauna.
bb — a Nubian fauna;
“ S “1 Abyssinian fauna (extending to Arabia).
d d— a Senegalian fauna.
| ee — a Guinean fauna.
f f— an Afric-Table-land fauna.
g g—a Cape-of-Good-Hope fauna.
hh — a Madagascar (diverging) fauna.
— E A S T - 1 NDI AN (or M A L A Y A N ) R E A L M —inhabited by TELING A N S , MALAYS
NEGRILLOS; and divided into:__
ii — a DuTchun fauna.
33 '— an Indo-Chinese fauna.
Tck a Sundarlslandic fauna (including Borneo and the Philippines).
VI I . -AUSTRALIAN REALM — inhabited by PA PUANS , AUSTRALIANS ; and divided
into: —
U — a Papuan fauna.
mm—a New-HoUand fauna.
VI I I , -POLYNES IAN R E A L M — inhabited by SOUTH-SEA I SLANDERS; and cSntaining:-
' - • * nn, nn — Polynesian faunae.
N. B. It has not been in my power to follow Prof.
map, the scale adopted being too small. —G. R. G.
’s instructions in regard to the coloring of this
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MAP TD ACCOMPANY PRO? A G A S S IZ ’S " S K E T C H .’