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VERTEBRATES: MAMMALS. 



INSECT-EATERS, OR INSECTIVORES. 

 The Insect-Eaters include the Shrews, Moles, and 

 Hedgehogs. Many naturalists also place here the Gale- 



Fig. 77. — Teeth of an Insect 

 Eater. 



Fig. 76. — Galeopithecus. 



opithecus, a curious bat-like animal found on trees in 

 the Indian Archipelago. Insectivores sleep during the 

 day, and go forth at night in search of food. In cool 

 regions, many of them sleep all winter. 



SHREWS. 



Shrews are little mouse-like animals, — but smaller 

 than the smallest mice, — with a long and tapering 

 head and soft silky fur. They live under rubbish, and 



Fig. 78. — Thompson's Shrew. Fig. 79. — Water Shrew. 



in holes which they dig in the ground. They are very 

 quarrelsome ; and if two are confined together the weak- 

 er is soon killed. There are more than a dozen kinds 

 in North America. 



