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insects there, and probably birds. If we may judge 

 by the detrition which their teeth suffer in age, they 

 would appear to subsist also on fruits. They have 

 a large caecum. 



We know but one species distinctly, the fur of 

 which above is reddish gray, red below, varied and 

 radiated with different grays in youth. This is the 

 Lemur volans; Linn. Audeb. Galceop, pi. i. et n. It in- 

 habits the Moluccas, the Sunda Islands, §-c. 



All the other Carnassiers have the teats situated 

 under the belly. 



THE INSECTIVORA, 



Which form the second Family, 



Have, like the Cheiroptera, cheek-teeth, with conical 

 points, and lead a nocturnal or subterraneous life. 

 They principally subsist on insects, and in cold 

 countries pass the winter in a lethargic state. They 

 do not possess lateral membranes like the bats, but 

 notwithstanding this they are never destitute of cla- 

 vicles. Their feet are short, and their motions feeble. 

 The teats are situated under the belly, and the penis 

 in a case. They have no caecum, and all of them 

 lean the entire sole of the foot on the ground in 

 walking. 



There are two small tribes of these, distinguished 

 by the position and the relative proportion of their 

 incisors and canine teeth. 



The first have two long incisors in front, followed 



