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CARNIVORA. 
formed, by the native Javanese, that they fed on 
fruit and nuts : but he argues, from the system of 
the teeth, that insects are their proper food ; which 
appears indeed to have been the case with a specimen 
mentioned in the proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 
that was kept some time in Bengal. 
THE TUPAiA-TANA. (Raffles.) 
This is a larger species, measuring ten inches and 
more in the length of the head and bodyj but the 
tail is but six inches long. 
The teeth of this species differ but little from the 
last ; but as they present less of flat surface in the 
aggregate, they are probably still more adapted for 
masticating animal, rather than vegetable matter. 
It is very similar to the last, but the snout is rather 
more elongated, and the colour is brighter, and 
more like that of the squirrel. 
This genus appears to differ from the insectivores 
in general in not having claws calculated for digging, 
.as well as in many other respects; and seems to 
present, in a striking degree, relations in certain 
particulars to different genera, which renders it ne- 
cessary to make it distinct. We are led by a natural 
gradation from the insectivorous division of the order 
carnivora, through this genus, to the squirrels on the 
one hand, and the lemurs on the other. Analogous 
