THE LIVING WORLD. 
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“tail. It builds a nest-like home in the fork of some tree, and during the day 
csleeps folded up in its ears. It leaps from bough to bough, is insectivorous, 
and belongs to the South African fauna. 
The Tarsier (Tarsius 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 podji and 
the banca tarsier . 
The Aye-Aye (Chiromys 
jnadagascarensis) 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. 
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 
cnly 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 
be wishes to ascend he folds away the membrane and uses his feet and claws. 
The head is rat-like. 
galago (Galago moholi). 
