THE OTHER BEASTS 



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of a very large rat, and has a long projecting and movable 

 snout. It comes from the Indian Archipelago and the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



The same region is tenanted by some very elegant 



Fig. 99. 



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THE TYPICAL JUMPING SHREW. 



insectivores, known as tupaias or tree-shrews. As their 

 name implies they are arboreal animals, and very active 

 in their movements. They have long, more or less 

 bushy tails, and were it not for their long pointed snouts, 

 would greatly resemble squirrels, and they feed like those 



