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collection than here. Most of the members of the ~ 
order are small terrestrial animals, and are found 
throughout the temperate and tropical parts of both 
hemispheres, with the exception of South America and 
Australia. 
There is one more order, that of CHIROPTERA, 
the Bats, which must be mentioned ; it is divided into. 
two sub-orders, the first of which is devoted to the 
Frugivorous Bats and Flying Foxes, both of which 
are fruit eaters, and the second to the Bats and © 
Vampires. Of the FRUIT-BATS we have several 
species, chiefly Australian, collected by Captain 
Stanley, and also a number of the true Bats. ~ 
Case XVIII. 
The last order, and that which contains the highest 
forms of animal life, is that of PRIMATES, consisting 
of two sub-orders, LEMUROIDEA, of which the 
Lemurs are the type; and ANTHROPOIDEA, con-~ 
taining the higher apes. The Lemurs, to use the 
anglicised form of the Latin name applied to them 
by Linnzeus from their ghost-like appearance and 
nocturnal habits, are not a numerous family; they 
are all strictly arboreal, living on fruit, eggs, small 
birds, reptiles, and insects, and are for the most part 
nocturnal. ‘The true. Lemurs. are, resticteqdaiam 
Madagascar, where they are very abundant, but a 
few species, less typical in character, extend ‘through 
the African continent westward as far as Senegambiaj. 
and others are found in the oriental region as far 
east as the Philippine Islands and Celebes. (/lower 
and Lydekker.) ‘The only species we possess is the 
Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta), which has its long 
furry tail marked with alternate rings of black and 
white, 
