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THE LIVING WORLD. 
There is the Pouched Bat ( Cynonycteris grandidieri ) which seems to have 
been fitted out so that the male shall help the female in carrying their papooses. 
The Common European Flying Bat (. Pteropus medzus) may be encountered 
while our restless travellers are “doing the old world.” 
The African Hammer-head Bat (, Sphyrocephalus monstrosus) is remarkable 
for his cranium. 
The Armor-bearing Bat (. Phyllorhina armigera) is an Indian species, nota¬ 
ble for being possibly the smallest of the horse-shoe bats. 
The most common American Bat ( Vespertilio sublatus ) is with us so fre¬ 
quently that we may care to know his name. 
The Fruit-scenting Bat (. Rhinopoma nicrophyllum ) is of scientific interest 
as a connecting link between the fruit-eating and the flesh-eating bats, as he does 
somewhat in both directions. 
The Nyctinome (Nyctinomus nasutus ) is peculiar from the facility with 
which it can walk upon the ground. 
The Mexican Tongued Bat (. Phyllonycteris sezecorni) uses its feet squirrel¬ 
like while it extracts flavor and succulence from berries. 
The Fruit-eater (. Artibeus perspicillatus ) is not a favorite in Jamaica, 
because of its destruction of fruit; but, with all the efforts made to destroy it, 
the species continue numerous. 
The Colugo ( Galeopithecus volans ) is found in Sumatra, Borneo and 
Malacca. It is arboreal, and its membranous parachute enables it to pass with 
ease and rapidity from tree to tree, although it is not a true flyer. It has been 
known to cover the distance of seventy yards, but in doing this descended 
forty feet. This creature bears a striking resemblance to the flying fox, and 
also possesses many characteristics peculiar to the monkey family, with which 
it is classed by many naturalists, but as a compromise it may be properly 
regarded as a transition link* between bats and monkeys, being more nearly 
related to the marmoset. Its membranous wings—so-called—resemble those of 
the flying squirrel, but its powers of flight are much greater. They have been 
seen to leave the top of a tree and sail to another quite as much as seventy- 
five feet distant, and that, too, without descending more than a dozen feet. By 
a peculiar structure of the tail, which controls a membranous expansion extend¬ 
ing from the rear, the creature is able, in a measure, to direct its course and 
also to rise over inconsiderable obstructions which may chance to be in its 
path. 
The colugo never stirs about in the daylight, but issues forth at early 
twilight and breaks its fast upon winged insects, but retires after a few hours 
of activity to certain trees off the leaves of which it feeds as a dessert to its 
insect food. It is also said to eat fruits of various kinds. 
