520 MAMMALIA. 



well-furnished tail. Their toes are terminated hy sharp claws, 

 which enable them to climb. They are the most elegant of the 

 Insectivora. 



Along with the Tupaias must be ranged the Hylomys and the 

 Ptilocerques, which inhabit the same regions, and are distin- 

 guished from them — the first, by a rudimentary and almost naked 

 tail ; the second, by a tail the same length, but covered with hair 

 only on its termination. 



