CHAPTER XXIV 



Bats or Hand-Winged Animals 



The Bat.— As we have already learned, the monkeys have four 

 hands, and for that reason they are given a particular name, 

 Qiiadnunana. There are other interesting animals with 

 mouse-like bodies and faces, which appear to have four hands, but two 

 of them look like wings. These animals we call Cheiroptera, or animals 

 with winged hands. They are commonly known at Bats. 



This is one of the creatures which i)rey upon flying insects, and 

 must therefore be able to pursue and capture its victims as they wing 



THE BAT 

 Its fore paws or hands are developed into wings — Lives on insects — Found in all parts of the warld 



