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Flying Colugo (Galeopithecida). The animals of this 

 family, found in Molucca, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philip- 

 pine Islands, are the highest forms of the Inscctivora, and 

 are provided with a membrane similar to that of the flying 

 squirrel, except that it also connects the tail (Fig. 340) 





FiG. 340. A group of flying mammals : i, taguan, or flying squirrel, a 

 rodent ; 2, colugo, an insectivorous animal. 



and the hind-legs, forming a complete parachute. When 

 climbing, the membrane is folded closely, but as they 

 spring into the air with limbs out it spreads out, support- 

 ing them in leaps of three or four hundred feet. In this 

 way they pass from tree to rree, carrying their young. 



Order V. Bats (Chiroptera Wing-handed). General 

 Characteristics. From the Colugo we pass to the bats 

 (Figs. 339 and 341), which are characterized by a remark- 

 able modification of the fore-limbs for purposes of flight. 

 The fingers of the fore-arm are greatly elongated, and sup- 



