SUBKItfGDOM VEBTEBKATA. 



Kabung. 

 Mole. 



Shrew. 

 Golden Mole. 



Hedgehog. 



G-aleopithecidse. The Ka~ 

 lung* has a bat-like membrane 

 clothed with hair, serving as a 

 parachute to support it in a de- 

 scending leap from tree to tree, 

 sometimes for 100 yards. It is 

 nocturnal and sleeps suspended 

 by the hind legs. 



T a 1 p i d 33 . The Moles are 

 adapted to a subterranean life by 

 having small eyes hidden in the fur, though capable of being 

 brought forward for use; acute hearing and smell; velvet- 

 like fur inserted vertically, so as to lie smoothly in any 



Fig. IIS. 



GaleopitfiScus volans, 

 Cat-monkey. ^. 



Skeleton of a Mole. 



direction ; shovel-shaped paws, with sharp, stout nails turned 

 outwardly for throwing the earth backward ; and cylindrical 

 bodies for moving rapidly through their tunnels. The Com- 

 mon Mole, contrary to its specific name, lives upon land, 

 often, in its pursuit of worms and insects, burrowing a 



* The Kabung seems to be a transitional animal, linking different orders. The 

 generic name, meaning cat-monkey, indicates this peculiarity. Its membrane allies 

 it to the Cheiroptera ; its teeth to the Insectivora ; and its cranium and reproductive 

 organs to the Quadrumana. 



