Natural history of animals; . ^§0^ Fig. 76.— Galeopithccus. Fig- 77. — Teeth of an Insect-eater. opithecus, a curious batlike animal found on trees inthe Indian Archipelago. The Insectivora sleep duringthe day, and go forth at night in search of food. Incool regions, many of them sleep all winter. Shrews. Shrews are little mouselike animals,— some of themsmaller than the smallest Mice,— with a long and taper- INSECT-EATERS. 59 ing head and soft silky fur. They live under rubbishor dig homes in the ground, are very quarrelsome, and. Fig. 78.—Thompsons Shrew. Fig. 79. — Water Shrei if two are co
Natural history of animals; . ^§0^ Fig. 76.— Galeopithccus. Fig- 77. — Teeth of an Insect-eater. opithecus, a curious batlike animal found on trees inthe Indian Archipelago. The Insectivora sleep duringthe day, and go forth at night in search of food. Incool regions, many of them sleep all winter. Shrews. Shrews are little mouselike animals,— some of themsmaller than the smallest Mice,— with a long and taper- INSECT-EATERS. 59 ing head and soft silky fur. They live under rubbishor dig homes in the ground, are very quarrelsome, and. Fig. 78.—Thompsons Shrew. Fig. 79. — Water Shrei if two are confined together the weaker is soon America has more than a dozen kinds. Moles. Moles have a stout, thick body ; short, strong legs ;a short tail; and very large fore feet fitted for feed on earthworms and insects. Their longburrows are their hunting grounds, which they range insearch of food. Theireyes are very small, andtheir fur is soft, thick, andvelvet-like. The ShrewMole of North America isof the size of a very largeMouse, and its eyes are so small that many suppose itto be blind. The hole for the eye is only about thesize of a hair, and the eyeballs are smaller than a mus-tard seed. The Star-nosed Mole is about the size of
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