8o SOME INSECT EATERS 



squirrel inasmuch as it has a weblike membrane which 

 connects the fore and hind Umbs and the tail. When the 

 colugo springs into the air, this membrane becomes a per- 

 fect parachute, bearing it up. The movements of the ani- 

 mal in flying are very graceful. Running upward, it 

 boldly flings itself into the air, swooping downward, per- 

 chance rising to grasp a tree, to mount it rapidly, and 

 then to continue the flight. The colugo carries its young 

 about with it in these aerial pastimes. There are two 

 species of these animals living in Borneo, Sumatra, and 

 Malacca. It is a night-loving animal, rarely moving abroad 

 after dawn, but being very active from sundown on. 



