The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1 / With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface

Chapter 16: Index to Vol. I.

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A systematic survey compiles existing knowledge of terrestrial animal distribution worldwide, analyzing genera and families to define zoogeographical regions and subregions. It combines tabulated ranges, a general map showing ocean-bed contours, and regional maps indicating altitude belts and vegetation to connect present faunas with past geological changes. The author examines fossil mammal distributions to relate extinct and living groups, explains methodological choices such as focusing on genera rather than species, and provides diagrammatic references for families. Human populations are deliberately omitted because anthropological treatment would lie outside the zoological scope.

INDEX TO VOL. I.

Note.—In this Index the names in Italics all refer to fossil genera or families mentioned in Part II. The systematic names of genera and families occurring in almost every page of Part III. are not given, as they would unnecessarily swell the Index; but they can be readily referred to by the Class or Order, or by the Geographical Division (Region or Sub-region) under which they occur. They will, however, all be found in the General Index, with a reference to the page (in Vol. II., Part IV.) where a systematic account of their distribution is given.