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they will starve to death. Therefore, food and water should be left before them 

 almost constantly. 



TREE SHREWS (Tupaiidae). Feed insects, such as mealworms, waxmoths 

 and larvae, ground meat, eggs ; also try ripe bananas, and other fruits. Tropical 

 animals that will not survive chilling. 



ELEPHANT SHREWS (Macroscelididae). Feed mealworms and other 

 insects ; also meat. Try eggs, ripe bananas, and earthworms. Tropical animals. 

 Must not be chilled. 



GOLDEN MOLES ( Chrysochloridae ) . Feed insects, earthworms, meat, eggs; 

 also try green material, vegetables, and fruit. 



HEDGEHOGS (Erinaceidae). Feed mealworms, ground meat, earthworms, 

 milk, eggs ; may take some fruit and green food. 



MOLES (Talpidae). Feed mealworms, earthworms, ground meat, eggs, milk; 

 make available small quantities of seeds that have been soaked in water, and 

 small quantities of green vegetation and vegetables. Moles are burrowing 

 animals, and apparently soon fret themselves to death if they cannot burrow 

 or at least keep themselves well sheltered from light. They are most likely to 

 thrive if the soil is slightly moist, but not wet. 



SHREWS, WATER SHREWS, SUN SHREWS (Soricidae). Feed mealworms, 

 earthworms, ground meat, milk, rolled oats, eggs, nut meats; offer thoroughly 

 ripened bananas, tender green vegetation, vegetables, seeds soaked in water. 

 Shrews are burrowers, mostly inhabiting moist locations. They should be given 

 water in which to bathe or swim, and moist moss in which to seek shelter, but 

 should have a dry nest. 



SOLENODONS (Solenodontidae). Feed insects, mealworms, earthworms, 

 ground meat, eggs, milk. Burrowing animals that probably thrive best it pro- 

 vided with soil in which they can burrow. Should not be subjected to chilling. 



TENREC (Tenrecidae). Not known to have been kept long in captivity. Try 

 feeding same as shrews. 



C»LUGO (GALEOPITHECIA) 



COLUGO or FLYING LEMUR (Galeopithecidae). Not known to the author 

 to have been successfully kept in captivity. Presumably omnivorous. Offer 

 insects, ground meat, eggs, milk, bread, thoroughly ripened bananas, and other 

 fruits ; also good assortment of green vegetation. Inhabitants of the Old World 

 Tropics. ChiUing must be avoided. 



BATS AND FLYING FOXES OR FRUIT BATS (CHIROPTERA) 



FRUIT BATS or FLYING FOXES (Pteropidae). Feed bananas, oranges, and 

 a wide variety of fruits. Perhaps will take some meat and eggs. The importa- 

 tion of fruit bats into the United States is prohibited by law. 



INSECTIVOROUS BATS (Rhinopomidae, Emballonuridae, Noctilionidae, 

 Nycteridae, Megadermidae, Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae, Phyllostomidae, 

 Natalidae, Furipteridae, Thyropteridae, Myzopodidae, Verpertilionidae, Mysta- 

 copidae, Molossidae). Mainly small insectivorous bats, most of which occur in 

 the Tropics, although some of them range extensively through the Temperate 

 Zones and even into the sub-Arctic region. Very few have been kept in cap- 

 tivity; but the success that has attended the keeping of some kinds indicates 

 that others might be kept by similar methods. The author kept a big brown 

 bat (Eptesicus) in his home. The animal was shut in a cage during the day- 

 time, but each evening it was given an opportunity to fly about the rooms. 



