84 MAMMALS. 



found in two different animals, does more to impress the mind with a conviction of their affinity, 

 than other more important, though less specialized, characters. To the students of geographical 

 distribution the additional fact that the Aye-Aj'e is a Lemur-like animal, inhabiting a country where 

 Lemui's abound and Squirrels are not, wiU be conclusive in favour of its belonging to the Lemurs, 

 and not to the Squirrels. Its rodent characters will be to them more especially interesting in rela- 

 tion to specidations on the origin of that family. 



Galegpithecid.*;. The curious genus, Gai.eopithecus, is found in Java, Siam, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 and the Philipi^ine Islands. Some authors make a distinct Order of it ; others \Aa.cc it among the 

 Bats ; more recently an inclination has been shown to rank it among the Insectivora proper,* but 

 I agree with the majority of Naturalists that its place is next the Lemurs. It has no doubt some 

 affinities to the Insectivora, especially the Bats ; but those to the Quadrumana preponderate. There 

 have been five species described, three in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Siam, and two in the Philippine 

 Islands ; but there is little doubt that they are not all distinct. 



* See GiEUEL, Die Saugethiere, 653, 1859 ; also Wag- Peter's "Ueber die Saugethiere's gattuug Solenodon Abb. 

 nek's Supplement to Schrcber's "Saugethiere," vol. v., and Ac. Wiss." Berlin, 1863. 



