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CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



Sub-ord. 2. Frugivora (Megacheiroptera). 

 Fam. Pteropidse. Pteropus (Fox-bat). 



(Dobson, Monograph of the Asiatic Cheiroptera, 1876 ; Bell, Art. 

 " Cheiroptera" Todd's Cyclopaedia Anat. and Phys., 1835 ; Blasius, Na- 

 turgeschichte der Saiigethiere Deutschlands, Braunschweig, 1857.) 



Fig. 104. Cheiroptera. Vespertilio discolor, one-half the natural size. 



ORDER XIII. INSECTIVORA. 



Fam. a. Talpidse. Talpa (Mole), Condylura, Chryso- 

 chloris (Golden-mole). 



Fam. b. Potamogalidse. Potamogale. 



Fam. c. Soricidse. Sorex (Shrew-mouse), Myogale (Des- 

 man). 



Fam. d. Erinaceidse. Erinaceus (Hedgehog). 



Fam. e. Centetidse. Centetes,.Ericulus. 



Fam. /. Tupaiidse. Tupaia (Banxring). 



Fam. g. Macroscelidse? Macrosceles (Elephant-shrew). 



Fam. h. Galeopithecidse. Galeopithecus (Flying-lemur). 



(Mivart, Classification of the Insectivora, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871 also on 

 the Osteology of the Insectivora, Jonrn. Anat. and Phys., vol. ii. ; Allman, 



