CHAPTER XXIV 
Bats or Hand-Winged Animals 
T he Bate— As we have already learned, the monkeys have four 
hands, and for that reason they are given a particular name, 
Quadrumana. There are other interesting animals with 
mouse-like bodies and faces, which appear to have four hands, but two 
of them look like wings. These animals we call Cheiroptera, or animals 
with winged hands. They are commonly known at Bats. 
This.is one of the creatures which prey upon flying insects, and 
must therefore be able to pursue and capture its victims as they wing 
THE BAT 
Its fore paws or hands are developed into wings—Lives on insects—Found in all parts of the world 
