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or more, have been described, included in five families. A 

 considerable number of species are North American, good 

 specimens of which are in the Museum collection. The 

 VAMPYRE of South America, about which so many tales 

 are told, is comparatively a small animal. Its bite is not 

 considerable, though it is annoying to animals. 



Chiroplera and Insecti%ora. 



Bat. 



Moles. Hedgehog. 



Shrew. 



From D. Applelon * Co.'s •• Elements of Zoology, Science Series." 



INSECT HATERS.— Order Insixtivora. 



GROUP 1(>. — Like the preceding order this has been re- 

 garded of late as being nearer in its natural place in the 

 scale of life where we now find it. Ten families are recog- 

 nized. 



The Galeopithkcus, formerly placed with the lemurs, 

 has been regarded as a flying monkey. It resembles also 



