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GALEOPITHECUS 



CHAP. 



consists of a Himalayan and Bornean, and of a Japanese species, 

 which have not webbed feet, but have a tail with a fringe of 

 elongated hairs. 



Nectogale elegans is one of the characteristic animals of the 

 Thibetan plateau. It has webbed feet. The teeth are as in 

 Chimarrogale I f C ^ Pm y M . 



The other genera are terrestrial in habit. 



SUB-ORDER 2. DEEMOPTEEA. 



The family Galeopithecidae contains but one genus, which 

 has been at times referred to the Lemurs, to the Bats, or has been 



Fio. 253. Galeopithecus volans. x ^. (After Vogt and Specht.) 



made the type of a special order of mammals. It is better to 

 regard it as an aberrant Insectivore so different indeed from 

 other forms that it requires a special sub-order for its reception. 



