【Introduction】

   This book is about Historical Zoogeography, an emerging branch of science. It gives a introduction and overview to the subject, provided the basic concepts, the principles of research and the method used in the research. Based on the historical records, combing with the modern paleontology and animal specimens collected from various geographical field, a systemic study of the distribution and the changes during different historical period was done using selected representative animals, including endangered or the extinction of rare wild animals, Macaca, Rhinopithecus, Hylobatidae, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, panther tigris , Elephas maximus, Equus przewalskii, Equus hemionus, Rhinocerotidae, Camelus bactrianus, Moschidae, and Hydropotes inermis. The distribution maps and tables were compared on the ancient and the modern species of those animals.

【Main Contents】

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : The distribution changes of Macaca
Chapter 3 : The distribution changes of Rhinopithecus
Chapter 4 : The distribution changes of Hylobatidae
Chapter 5 : The distribution changes of Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Chapter 6 : The distribution changes of Panthera tigris
Chapter 7 : The distribution changes of Elephas maximus
Chapter 8 : The distribution changes of Equus przewalskii and Equus hemionus
Chapter 9 : The distribution changes of Rhinocerotidae
Chapter 10 : The distribution changes of Camelus bactrianus
Chapter 11 : The distribution changes of Moschidae
Chapter 12 : The distribution changes of Hydropotes inermis
Chapter 13 : The distinction of Moschidae and Hydropotes inernmis
Chapter 14 Conclusion