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CHAPTER XI.— Bats, — concluded. 
The Free-Tailed Insectivorous Bats—S mooth-Nosecl Free-Tailed Bats ( Emballonuridce )— 
Sheath-Tailed Bats ( Emballonura )—Pouch-Winged Bats ( Saccopteryx )—Tomb-Bats 
( Taphozous )—White Bats ( Diclidurus )—Hare-Lipped Bats ( Nodilio) —Long-Tailed Bat 
(Rhinopoma) —Mastiff-Bats ( Molossus )—Naked Bat ( Ghiromeles )—Wrinkled-Lipped Bats 
(Nyctinomus )—New Zealand Bat (Mystamps )—Vampire Bats ( Phyllostomatidce )—Chin- 
Leafed Bats (Chilonycteris and Mormops )—Harmless Vampires (Vampirus )—Javelin 
Bats (Phyllostoma) —Long-Tongued Vampires ( Glossophaga) —Short-Nosed Vampires 
(Artibeus )—Blood-Sucking Vampires ( Desmodus and Diphylla) —Fossil Bats, . . 289 
CHAPTER XII.—The Insectivores,—O rder Insedivora. 
Characteristics of the Group—Cobegos, or Ivaguans ( Galeopithecidce )—Philippine Cobego— 
Tree-Shrews, or Tupaias ( Tupaiidce )—Pen-Tailed Tree-Shrew ( Ptilocercus )—Fossil Tree- 
Shrews — Jumping Shrews (Mcicroscelididce) — Typical Forms ( Macrosceles ) —- Rock 
Jumping Shrew—Long-Nosed Jumping Shrew (Rhynchocyon )—Its Habits—Hedgehogs 
and Gymnuras ( Erinaceidce )—Hedgehogs ( Erinaceus )—African Species—Extinct Repre¬ 
sentatives—Gymnuras ( Gymnura )—Extinct Forms—Shrews ( Soricidce )—Typical Shrews 
(Sorex )—Common Shrew—Lesser Shrew—Alpine Shrew—North American Shrews— 
Short-Tailed, or Earless Shrews ( Blarina )—Water-Shrew ( Crossopus) —Musk-Shrews 
(Crocidura )—Burrowing Shrews (Anurosorex )—Swimming Shrews ( Chimarrogale) —Web- 
Footed Shrew ( Nedogale ) — Desmans and Moles ( Talpidce ) — Desmans ( Myogale )— 
Russian Desman—Pyrenean Desman—Mole-Shrews (Urotrichus) —Web-Footecl Moles 
( Scalops )—Hairy-Tailed Moles (Scapanus) —Star-Nosed Mole ( Condylura )—The True 
Moles ( Talpa )—Extinct Species—Yellow-tailed Mole—The Tenrecs ( Centetidce) —Struc¬ 
tural Features—Common Tenrec (Centetes )—Streaked Tenrec ( Hemicentetes )—Hedgehog 
Tenrecs ( Ericulus ) — Long-Tailed Tenrecs ( Microgale )— Rice-Tenrecs ( Oryzorictes )— 
Solenodons ( Solenodontid.ee )—Haytian Solenoclon—Cuban Solenoclon—The Potamogale 
( Potamoyalidce )—The Geogale—The Golden Moles (Chrysochloridce), . . . 307 
CHAPTER XIII.— The Carnivores,— Order Carnivora. 
The Cat-Tribe ( Felidm )—General Characteristics—Distinctive Features of the Cat Tribe— 
The Lion—Present and Past Distribution—Varieties—Habits—Its Roar—Its Prey— 
Perils of Lion-Hunting—The Tiger—Habits and Haunts—Partiality for Water—Its 
Prey—Loss Inflicted on Cattle-Owners—Man-Eating Tigers—Their Victims—Modes of 
Destroying Tigers—The Leopard—Its Coloration and Characteristics—Black and White 
Leopards—Distribution—Mode of Life and Haunts—Partiality for Dogs—Leopard- 
Hunting and Trapping—Snow-Leopard, or Ounce—Distribution and Habits—Jaguar 
—Distinctive Features and Dimensions—Its Prey—Animosity to the Puma—Lassoing 
Jaguars—Puma—Its Colour and Size—Adaptability to Climates—Attacks on Horses— 
Gentleness to Man—Food and Habits—Fossil Pumas—Clouded Leopard—Marbled Cat 
—Golden Cat—Fishing Cat—Its Habits and Daring—Leopard-Cat—Serval—Rusty- 
Spotted Cat — Flat-Headed Cat — Ocelot — Its Remarkable Variability — Margay — 
Jaguarondi—Eyra—Its Weasel-like Form—Colocollo—Caffre, or Egyptian Cat—Its 
Relation to Domestic Cats—Wild Cat—Its Present Rarity in Britain—Fierceness of its 
Disposition—Pallas’s Cat—Indian Desert Cat—Domestic Cats—Different Views as to 
their Origin—Various Colours—Persian, or Angora Breed—Siamese Cat—Manx Cat 
—Mornbas Cat—Pampas Cat—Jungle-Cat—Caracal—Lynx—Distribution and Races 
of Lynxes—Northern Lynx—Canada Lynx—Bay Lynx—Pardine Lynx—Hunting- 
Leopard ( Cynoelurus )—Name Chita not exclusively applicable to this Species—Capturing 
Black-Buck with Tamed Hunting-Leopards—Extinct Cats, .... 
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