THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
675 
tail. It builds a nest-like home in the fork of some tree, and during the day- 
sleeps folded up in its ears. It leaps from bough to bough, is insectivorous, 
and belongs to the South African fauna. 
The Tarsier ( Tar sms spectrum) belongs to Borneo and its vicinity, and is 
distinguished by the great length of its hands and feet. Its hands have palms 
which are springy and cushion-like, and the unnatural size of its great, owl-like 
eyes compensates for the shortness and smallness of its erect ears. Its tail is 
hairless except for a brush. Its fur or wool is short but thick and abundant, 
and its color is a mixture of 
olive, gray and brown. Its 
motions resemble the hop¬ 
pings of the frog. It is some¬ 
times called the pocLji and 
the banca tarsier. 
The Aye-Aye ( Chiromys 
madagascarensis ) is like 
Polonius’ animal, built upon 
several quite distinct plans. 
In appearance it resembles 
the galago, while its denti¬ 
tion might lead one to sup¬ 
pose that it was one of the 
rodents. Its teeth are inci¬ 
sors, deeply set in sockets 
and acutely pointed. Its 
coloring is gray beneath and 
reddish-brown above; the 
cheeks and throat are gray 
and the feet black. It has 
large ears which are desti¬ 
tute of hair, and drags after 
it an exceedingly long and 
bushy black tail. It, like 
the other lemurs, sleeps by 
day and forages by night. 
Except for its bird-like nails 
or claws, it would bear some 
resemblance to the raccoon. galago ( Galago moholi). 
It is called by the natives of 
Madagascar the handed mouse. Its three feet of length is so distributed as to 
allow fully one-half to the tail, and its brown eyes, tinged with yellow, dilate 
only at night. 
The Flying Lemur, or Flying Colugo ( Galeopithecus volitans ), takes its 
name from a striking resemblance to the flying fox bat. A hair-covered mem¬ 
brane covers its arms and legs as far as the elbows and knees, and when the 
creature spreads out its limbs this membrane serves all the uses of a para¬ 
chute. The flying lemur necessarily has always to fly downward, and when 
he wishes to ascend he folds away the membrane and uses his feet and claws. 
The head is rat-like. 
