INSECTIVORA, 149 



rery long ; ears round. Dent. form, incis. f , can. 

 g-g,p. mol. f-f,moL$-* = 44. 



G. Raffltsii. Raffles" (iymnura. Black, with 

 head and neck whitish, a black streak passing on 

 each side from the nose through the eyes ; terminal 

 part of the tail white. 



Genus OLADOBATES. The Tupaias. Have teeth 

 similar to the hedgehogs, though the intermedial 

 incisors are shorter in proportion ; they have four 

 long ones in the lower jaw, and have no back tuber- 

 cular tooth. They are climbing and active little 

 animals, which might be mistaken for squirrels; 

 but that their long sharp shrew-like snout distin- 

 guishes them even at a distance. The species, 

 hitherto observed, were first made known by Sir 

 Stamford Raffles and Dr. Horsfield, and belong to 

 the great Australian Islands ; such are the Tupaia 

 of Java, or Banxring, T. Tana, and T.ferruginea. 



With regard to the fossil remains of the insecti- 

 vorous order, there have been found, in caverns of 

 the recent tertiary, and in peat bogs of a post 

 tertiary era, bones of species of Talpa, and of 

 Erinaccus. 



