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CHAPTER XL— Bats— co«c?«de(f. 



The Free-Tailed Insectivorous Bats— Smooth-Nosed Free-Tailed Bats (Emballonuridw) — 

 Slieath-Tailed Bats {E mbathn ura) — Pouch-Winged Bats {Saccoptei-yx) — Tondj-Bats 

 (Tapho-ous) — White Bats {Dididurus) — Hare-Lijjped Bats {Noctilio) — Long-Tailed Bat 

 (Rhinoponta) — Mastiff-Bats QIolossus) — Naked Bat (Chiromeles) — Wrinkled-Lipped Bats 

 (A'yctinomus) — New Zealand Bat (Mystacops) — Vampire Bats (Fhyllostomatida;) — Chin- 

 Leafed Bats (Chilonycteris and Morinops) — Harmless Vampires (Vampirus) — Javelin 

 Bats (PhyllnMoma) — Long-Tongiied Vampires (Glossopharia) — Short-Nosed Vampires 

 (^rh'icits)— Blood-Sucking Vampires (Dtsmodiis and Diphylla) — Fossil Bats, . . 289 



CHAPTER XIL-The Ixsectivores,— Order /»werfn-ora. 



Characteristics of the Group — Cobegos, or Kaguans (Gnleojntheddte) — Philippine Cobego — 

 Tree-Shrews, or Tupaias (TupaiidfE) — Pen-Tailed Tree-Shrew (Ptilocercus) — Fossil Tree- 

 Shrews — Jumping Shrews (Macroscelididre) — Typical Forms {Macrosceles) — Rock 

 Jumping Shrew — Long-Nosed Jumjiing Shrew (Rhyachocyon) — Its Habits — Hedgehogs 

 and Gymniiras (Erinaceidce) — Hedgehogs (Eriitaceus) — African S])ecies— Extinct Repre- 

 sentatives — (Jymnura.s(6'i/)HH «)•<() — Extinct Forms — Shrews (.S'orj'ciW'c) — Typical Shrews 

 (Sorej:) — Common Shrew — Lesser Shrew — Aljiine Shrew — North American Shrews — 

 Short-Tailed, or Earless Shrews (Bhtrina) — Water-Shrew (Crossopus) — Musk-Shrews 

 {Crocidura) — Burrowing Shrews (A nurosorex) — Swimnung Shrews (Chimarroyale) — Web- 

 Footed Shrew {Xectoyale) — Desmans and Moles (Talpidce) — Desmans {Myogale) — • 

 Russian Desman — Pyrenean Desman — Mole-Shrews (JJrotrichus) — Web-Footed Moles 

 {Smlops) — Hairy -Tailed Moles (Scapauits) — Star-Nosed Mole (Condylura) — The True 

 Moles (Tiilpa) — Extinct Species — Yellow-tiiiled Mole — The Tenrecs {Gentetidee) — Struc- 

 tural Fe;itures — Common Tenrec {Gtntetes) — Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes) — Hedgehog 

 Tenrecs (Erkulits) — Long-Tailed Tenrecs (Microgale) — Rice-Tenrecs {Oryzorides) — 

 Solenodons (So/e;iO(Jo)i<!y(B)— Haytian Solenodon — Cuban Solenodon — The Potamogale 

 (Potamogalidw) — The Geogale — The Golden Moles (Ghrysochloridce), . . . 307 



CHAPTER XIIL— The Carnivores,— Order Carnivora. 



The Cat-Tribe (Ft/iVte)- General Characteristics — Distincti\-e Features of the Cat Tribe — 

 The Lion — Present and Past Distribution — Varieties — Habits — Its Roar — Its Prey — 

 Perils of Lion-Hunting — The Tiger — Habits and Haunts — Partiality for W^ater — Its 

 Prey — Loss Inflicted on Cattle-Owners — Man-Eating Tigers — Their Victims— Modes of 

 Destroying Tigers — The Leopard — Its Coloration and Characteristics — Black and 'WHiite 

 Leoi)ards— Distribution — Mode of Life and Haunts— Partiality for Dogs — Leopard- 

 Hunting and Trapping — Snow-Leopard, or Ounce— Distribution and Haliits — Jaguar 

 — Distinctive Features and Dimensions— Its Prey — Animosity to the Puma— Lassoing 

 Jaguars — Puma— Its Colour and Size — Adaptability to Climates — Attacks on Horses — 

 Gentleness to Man— Food and Habits— Fossil Pumas— Clouded Leopard— Marbled Cat 

 — Golden Cat — Fishing Cat— Its Habits and Daring — Leopard-Cat — Serval— Rusty- 

 Si)0tted Cat — Flat-Headed Cat — Ocelot — Its Remarkable Variability — Margay — 

 Jaguarondi— Eyra — Its Weasel-like Form — Colocollo— Caffre, or Eg}-ptian Cat — Its 

 Relation to Domestic Cats— Wild Cat — Its Present Rarity in Britain — Fierceness of its 

 Disposition— Pallas's Cat— Indian Desert Cat— Domestic Cats— Different Views as to 

 their Origin — Various Colours — Persian, or Angora Breed — Siamese Cat — Manx Cat 

 — Mombas Cat— Pampas Cat— Jungle-Cat— Caracal— Lynx— Distribution and Races 

 of Lynxes— Northern Lynx— Canada Lynx— Bay Lynx— Pardine Lynx— Hunting- 

 Leopard (C'i/?iff?HrHs)— Name Chita not exclusively applicable to this Species— Capturing 

 Black-Buck with Tamed Huuting-Leojiards— Extinct Cats, .... 349 



