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TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE 



animals, sitting on their haunches, and holding their 

 food in their fore-paws. 



As these creatures resemble squirrels, so do another 

 set of African insectivores resemble jerboas, and other 



FIG. 100. 



THE POTOMOGALE. 



long-legged, jumping rodents. They are known as the 

 jumping-shrews (Fig. 99). They have large ears, very long- 

 pointed proboscis-like snouts, long tails, and very long legs 



FIG. 101. 



THE TAILLESS TANREC. 



and feet. There are eleven different species in the group. 

 Another African insectivore may be compared with the 

 coypu amongst rodents. This is the aquatic form which 

 was discovered by M. du Chaillu in Western Africa, and 



