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SUBKINGDOM VERTEBEATA. 



INSECTI- 

 VOROUS. 



BODY COVERED 

 WITH HAIR. 



BODY COVERED 

 WITH SPINES. 



' Abboeeal. 

 subtereanear. 



. Terrestrial. 

 Terrestrial. 



Galeopithecidae, 



TalpidaB, 



Sorecidae, 

 CbryBochloridEB, 



Erinaceida^, 



KabMvg. 

 Mole. 



Shrew. 

 Golden Mole. 



Hedgehog. 



Ji^-ihi. G-aleopithecidse. — The -ff«. 



lung* has a bat-like membrane 

 clothed with hair, serving as a 

 parachute to support it in a de- 

 scending leap from tree to tree, 

 sometimes for 100 yards. It is 

 nocturnal and sleeps suspended 

 by the hind legs. 



Talpidae. — The Moles are 

 adapted to a subterranean life by 

 having small eyes hidden in the fur, though capable of being 

 brought forward for use; acute hearing and smell; velvet- 

 like fur inserted vertically, so as to he smoothly in any 



Fig. IhS. 



GaleopitMcus wlans. 

 Cat-monkey, -^'o. 



Skeleton of a Mole. 



direction ; shovel-shaped paws, with sharp, stout nails turned 

 outwardly for throwing the earth backward; and cylindrical 

 bodies for moving rapidly through their tunnels. The Com- 

 mon Mole, contrary to its specific name, lives upon land, 

 often, in its pursuit of worms and insects, burrowing a 



* The Kalmng seems to be a transitional animal, linking different orders. The 

 generic name, meaning cat-monkey, indicates this peculiarity. Its membrane allies 

 it to the Cheiroptera ; its teeth to the Insectivora; and its cranium and reproductive 

 organs to the Quadrumana. 



