18 THE INFANCY OF ANIMALS 



as " false nipples," and this because they yield no 

 milk, but serve solely as points of attachment for the 

 young one, to one or other of which, in short, it 

 holds by means of its teeth, while the hind-feet grip 

 the fur on the sides of the body. When the young 



RING- TAILED LEMUR, AND YOUNG. 

 _ In some species the young one coils itself around the mother. 



one desires to feed he shifts his position and takes 

 hold of the breast nipple. But when at rest, as the 

 mother hangs head downwards, the youngster, holding on 

 to the false nipple, has his head uppermost — a position 

 assumed by the young of no other bat. No less curious 

 is the case of the extraordinary naked bat {Chiromeles 

 torquata) of the Malay countries. This creature is perfectly 

 hairless, and consequently, to aiiord security for the young 



