MAMMALIA. 



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which reaches from the fore feet to the hind feet. The Eat 

 tribe all feed upon insects, especially moths ; they rest in the 

 day time head downwards, clinging to rough places by 

 means of the claws of their hind feet, coming out at night to 



FIG. 71. BATS (Plecotus auritus). 



seek their food ; their sight, which is very quick, enabling 

 them to see their prey when almost dark. Some of the 

 larger species of this tribe, inhabiting America, are called 

 Vampire Bats, they live by sucking the blood of various 

 animals, such as cattle and horses, thereby inflicting dan- 

 gerous wounds. 



11. The QUADKTJMANA (fig. 72), so called from their hind 

 and fore feet botli having thumbs, and being developed into 

 hands, includes the Monkeys ; they may be divided into two 

 tribes, those inhabiting the Old World (Simiidae), and 

 those inhabiting the New (Cebidse), these include what were 

 formerly called Apes, Baboons &c. These animals approach 

 the most nearly to the form of the human being, the 



