ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM, TRING. 
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a practically naked Bat inhabiting Malacca, Sumatra, 
and Borneo, differing also in many other ways from 
all others. In no species of Bat is the skin so thick 
and devoid of hair, and in none is the gular glandular 
apparatus so greatly developed; none has such peculiar 
nursing pouches, which are evidently necessary for 
the young, which could scarcely otherwise succeed in 
maintaining its hold on the naked body of the mother 
during flight. This Bat has also a most extraordinary 
smell. The writer of this shot one in the dark in 
Sumatra, and though unable to see it in the long 
grass, found it very soon on account of its intense 
musky smell. 
The Insectivora, or insect-eating mammals, comprise 
a large number of mostly small animals, to which 
the Shrews, Moles, and Hedgehogs in our country 
belong. The true Shrews {Sorex) in England com- 
prise two species, S. vulgaris and S. minutus, both of 
which have been captured at Tring, and there is also 
one called Water-Shrew or Crossopus fodiens. The 
Mole {Talpa europaea) is exhibited in a number of 
varieties, white, huff, and particoloured, which are 
rather frequent in this species, while white or partly 
white Shrews may he looked upon as much rarer. 
One of the most interesting groups of the Insecti- 
vora, however, are the Tree-Shrews or Tupaiae, 
of which there is a good series. These animals are 
chiefly arboreal, and their appearance is so Squirrel- 
like that they are constantly mistaken for Squirrels 
