INSECTIVOROUS QUADRUPEDS. 



IN the arrangement of animals adopted by Cuvier, 

 the third order of the Mammalia, named by him 

 Carnassiers, and the same in part as the Ferce of 

 Linnaeus, is divided into five families, namely, the 

 Cheiropteres, which we have already considered 

 apart; the Insectivores, which feed chiefly on 

 worms and insects; and the Carnivores, which prey 

 on quadrupeds, birds, and other animals. Leaving 

 to our readers to decide whether the Carnivorous 

 Mammalia ought to constitute an order by them- 

 selves, or be associated with the Insectivorous, we 

 proceed to offer a few remarks relative to the latter. 

 In the form and disposition of their teeth, they 

 resemble the Bats, and, like them, feed principally 

 on insects, many of them coming abroad at night 

 only, and some residing entirely under ground. 

 Some of them have large incisors in front, those at 

 the sides and the canine teeth being smaller, while 

 in others the canine teeth are large, and the incisors 

 small. Among the former are the Hedgehogs and 

 Shrews, while the Mole belongs to the latter. There 

 is little accordance in their general form, some being 



