THE FREE-TAILED INSECTIVOROUS Bats 
CON are ES 
MAMMALS 
CHAPTER XI.—Bats,—concluded. 
Smooth-Nosed Free-Tailed Bats (Emballonuride)— 
Sheath-Tailed. Bats (Hmballonwra)—Pouch-Winged Bats (Saccopterys)—Tomb-Bats 
(Taphozous)—White_ Bats (Diclidurus)—Hare-Lipped Bats (Noctilio)—Long-Tailed Bat 
(Rhinopoma)—Mastitf-Bats (Molossus)—Naked Bat (Chiromeles)—Wrinkled-Lipped Bats 
(Nyctinomus)—New Zealand Bat (Mystacops)—Vampire Bats (Phyllostomatide)—Chin- 
Leafed Bats (Chilonycteris and Mormops)—Harmless Vampires (Vampirus)—Javelin 
Bats (Phyllostoma)—Long-Tongued Vampires (Glossophaga)—Short-Nosed Vampires 
(Artibeus)—Blood-Sucking Vampires (Desmodus and Diphylla)—Fossil Bats, 
CHAPTER XII.—Tue InsEctivores,—Order Insectivora. 
Characteristics of the Group—Cobegos, or Kaguans (Galeopithecide)—Philippine Cobego— 
Tree-Shrews, or Tupaias (Tupaiide)—Pen-Tailed Tree-Shrew (Ptilocercus)—Fossil Tree- 
Shrews —Jumping Shrews (Macroscelidide) — Typical Forms (Macrosceles) — Rock 
Jumping Shrew—Long-Nosed Jumping Shrew (Rhynchocyon)—Its Habits—Hedgehogs 
and Gymunuras (Erinaceide)—Hedgehogs (Erinaceus)—African Species—Extinct Repre- 
sentatives—Gymuuras (Gymnura)—Extinct Forms—Shrews (Soricidw)—Typical Shrews 
(Sorex) —Common Shrew—Lesser Shrew—Alpine Shrew—North American Shrews— 
Short-Tailed, or Earless Shrews (Blarina)—Water-Shrew (Crossopus)—Musk-Shrews 
(Crocidura)—Burrowing Shrews (A nurosorex)—Swimming Shrews (Chimarrogale)—W eb- 
Footed Shrew (Nectogale) — Desmans and Moles (Talpide)— Desmans (Myogale)— 
Russian Desman—Pyrenean Desman—Mole-Shrews (Urotrichus)—Web-Footed Moles 
(Sealops)—Hairy-Tailed Moles (Scapanus)—Star-Nosed Mole (Condylura)—The True 
Moles (Talpa)—Extinct Species—Yellow-tailed Mole—The Tenrees (Centetide)—Struc- 
tural Features—Common Tenree (Centetes)—Streaked Tenree (Hemicentetes)—Hedgehog 
Tenrecs (Hriculus) — Long-Tailed Tenrecs (Microgale)— Rice-Tenrees (Oryzorictes) — 
Solenodons (Solenodontide)—Haytian Solenodon—Cuban Solenodon—The Potamogale 
(Potamogalide)—The Geogale—The Golden Moles (Chrysochloride), 
CHAPTER XIII.—TuHeE Carnivores,—Order Carnivora. 
THE Cat-TrIBE (Felide)—General Characteristics—Distinctive 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 Water—Its 
Prey—Loss Inflicted on Cattle-Owners—Man-Eating Tigers—Their Victims— Modes of 
Destroying Tigers—The Leopard—Its Coloration and Characteristics—Black and White 
Leopards—Distribution—Mode of Life and Haunts-—-Partiality for Dogs—Leopard- 
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