520 MAMMALIA. 
well-furnished tail. Their toes are terminated by sharp claws, 
which enable them to climb. They are the most elegant of the 
Insectivora. 
Along with the Tupaias must be ranged the Hylomys and the 
Ptilocerques, which inhabit the same regions, and are distin- 
guished from them — the first, by a rudimentary and almost naked 
tail ; the second, by a tail the same length, but covered with hair 
only on its termination. 
