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Flying Colugo (Galeopithecide).—The animals of this 
family, found in Molucca, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philip- 
pine Islands, are the highest forms of the /zsectivora, and 
are provided with a membrane similar to that of the flying 
squirrel, except that it also connects the tail (Fig. 340) 
Fic. 340.—A group of flying mammals: 1, taguan, or flying squirrel, a 
rodent ; 2, colugo, an insectivorous animal. 
and the hind-legs, forming a complete parachute. When 
climbing, the membrane is folded closely, but as they 
spring into the air with limbs out it spreads out, support- © 
ing them in leaps of three or four hundred feet. In this 
way they pass from tree to tree, carrying their young. 
Order V. Bats (Chiroptera—Wing-handed). General 
Characteristics—From the Colugo we pass to the bats 
(Figs. 339 and 341), which are characterized by a remark- 
able modification of the fore-limbs for purposes of flight. 
The fingers of the fore-arm are greatly elongated, and sup- 
