. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 304 THE INSECT-EATING ANIMALS. amuses by reason of its active and lively disposition, but a captive Desman becomes very disagreeable because of its musky odor, which is so strong that it not only pervades the atmosphere of a room, but any animal eating of the Desman becomes sensibly impregnated with the odor. There is an American animal which is a close relation of the Desmans of the Old World, or rather, which may be regarded as an intermediate form between
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 304 THE INSECT-EATING ANIMALS. amuses by reason of its active and lively disposition, but a captive Desman becomes very disagreeable because of its musky odor, which is so strong that it not only pervades the atmosphere of a room, but any animal eating of the Desman becomes sensibly impregnated with the odor. There is an American animal which is a close relation of the Desmans of the Old World, or rather, which may be regarded as an intermediate form between the Desmans and the Moles, but also resembling the Shrews in having only two incisors in the lower jaw. This is the Neurotrichus (Neu- rotrichusgibbsii) only found in western North America, and first discovered in Washington Territory. Its total length is slightly more than four inches, of which one and one-half inch belongs to the hairy tail. The nose is elongated into a snout, with nostrils at the tip. The animal makes burrows in the ground, lined with leaves or dry grass. American Relative of the Desmans. Zbc Colucjo, or Ikaouano. SEVENTH FAMILY: The representatives of a distinct family, Galeo- pithecidas, containing but a single species, Galeo- pithecus, are neither Half-Monkeys, Bats nor Insect-Eaters, but pos- sess distinctive charac- teristics of all three, and have ever been to nat- uralists subjects of great perplexity. In accord- ance with this uncer- tainty prevailing among naturalists, the best known variety of this species is termed Flying Monkey, Flying Lemur, Flying Cat, Marvelous Bat, etc. The Galeopithecus is a slender animal, of the size of a Cat; its limbs are of moderate length and are united by wide, thick skin, covered with hair on both sides. The toes are five in number and have retractile, claw-like nails, and no opposable thumb. The short tail is involved in the membrane The head is relatively small, the muzzle much elon- gated, the ey
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