THE /7. \ l Ml. 



i of sight. Itut the cut-ion- examples of ins,-cti\ . .p.. which are collected into the single 

 ...n i- Tupaiaareof a vt\ duTi-n-nt nature, living in tin- full lidit <>r da\. ami seeking their 

 insect prey among tin- i-ram-hes of tin- treason which they dwell. It in-*-*!-*, then-fore, tliut 

 animals which obtain their food in such a manner should ! endowed with excellent j>wers 

 of vision ; and lind accord inch tliat tin- Tiipaiaa which animal* will be represented by 

 two examples are furni-h.-d with ^-ood eye* and quick r*i!n. IndeM, tin- .-ntn,. a-|-ct ,,f 

 these creatures reminds the observer more of the squint N than ..f tin- m..i.-. 11,.. I joint 

 are inhabitants of Sumatra ami parts of India. 



The heal i.f this animal is \ery .singular in its sha|-. which is well represented in thv 

 iving. The II|I]MT jaw i> -li^liilv |..i,_-fi thun th>- IHT. ami tin- muzxle O(NUiiil*-nil>ly 

 elongated, ao that th<- h.-a-l has a Btrangcly 

 (lnii:"ii MK- a-]-< -i. \\liiili is heightened by 

 tin- )>siti..n "f ih.- .-apH. whii-h are set Tery 

 fur Imrk, ami )>y tin- )im shaq> rows of teeth 

 whii-li arm each jaw. Tli- I-in: l-u-hy tail of 

 tin- Tnpoia gives it a kind <>f 11 -ml. lance to 

 tin- -.|niii.-l. a reaemlila uhi.-h is appre- 



l.y tin- naliM- Siuiialnin-., \\ IK, call tin- 



ami tin* Tu]iias hy 1 1 IH iame name. 

 Tin- feet an* plant iimul, and tcrminat**! l>y 

 five toes on -arh f-H.i. aim.--! with -Mi:ill. (nit 

 -harp nail-, which a>- i-t tin- animal in climli 

 iiiir. and an- sutlicicntly fl>vat-<l t<> U- span-d 

 from friction ayain-t the ground. In tin- 

 hind, -r f.ft tin- fourth t<M- is tin- longest. 

 Tli.- hair i- .-f a -ilky t. -\IIIP-. ami tinged 

 \\ith l>p'wn ami y.-llow l.y iva-.n <! tin- alt-r 

 nate c.,l,,|.,| iin_-- uith which t-ach hair is 

 mark)-*!. On tlu> tail tin- hair is long and 

 bushy, and hangs equally on each -id.-. aft-r 

 the maiim-r that is lean>t-<lly t-nm-d "di- 

 tich,. 



animals are variously named \<\ 



7xM>loiri<-al ^ md th p-nu- in 



which th.-\ an- ]>laced is by some termed 

 Tupaia. aft.'i- tin- nati\.- name, by sonif Mylo 

 gale, and by oth.-r- C'htdobateH. The last 



im-ntioned term seems to be in greatest favor, and is a very appropriate one, 

 branch traverser." 



THE extraordinary animal which has been recently brought U-for.- tin- notice of zoologists, 

 nnd.-r tin- i-hanict.-ri-tic name of I'i s i \n.. is a native of Borneo, fnun which iimntry it was 

 brought 1>\ Mr. Hugh Ixiw. 



It is alxint tin- -i/.- of a small nit. Imt appears to be of greater dimensions on account of 

 ;- cxtn melj loiui tail with fi remarknl>le apjx ndage at i - - extn n itj Pin i i ;- ' \ T : . 

 ordinary li-imth whm <-oin]i:inHl with the si/- of the body, and is devoid of hair except at ito 

 mity, where it is furnished with a double row of MilT hairs on each side, which stand 

 boldly out, like the larbs of a quill i -n. or the feathers of an arrow. The remainder of tin- 

 tail is covered with scales, which are square in their form, like tin of the long-tailed rats, 

 and of considerable size. The color of the tail is black, and the bristly barbs are white. ^> 

 that this metnlier presents a peculiarly quain 



The fur which co\er> the body of the Ten tail is extremely soft hi texture, and is of a 

 black i-h -brown tint above, fading into a yellowish-gray beneath. As the tips of the hairs are 

 tinged with a yellow hue, the precise tint of the fur ia rather indeterminate, and in changeable. 



TUTAU TA*A - 



