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METAZOAN PHYLA 



444. Unguiculata. — Insectivora (in sek tiv' 5 ra; L., insectum, insect, 

 and vorare, to devour) includes tlie liedgehogs, moles, and shrews. They 





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Fig. 327. — Hyenas. ('n'i',,t,i. niiicuIhIii, uf Sovitli -MVirn. ilicy an- ii^.i mnal, scavenger- 

 feeding animals that live in small packs in the open country. (Photographed from speci- 

 mens in the University of Nebraska State Museum.) 



are probably the most primitive of placental mammals and are found 

 everywhere except in Australia and a large part of South America. 



Fig. 328. — Lion and lioness, Felis leo, of Africa are among the largest and most powerful 

 of the cat family. (Photographed from specimens in the University of Nebraska State 

 Museum,.) 



They are all insect eaters and are, generally speaking, beneficial. 



The order Chiroptera (kl r6p' ter a; G., cheiros, hand, and pteron, 

 wing) includes the bats. These are the only true flying mammals, the 



