. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. 66 NATUBAL HISTOKX: CHAPTER Vn, IJJ'SECr-EATrN'G, EODENT, TOOTHLESS, AND MAKSTJPIAL QUADRUPEDS. 106. We now come to the second order of Quadru- peds, the Insectivora, or insect-eating Quadrupeds. Al- though, as we saw in Chapter III., many of the Bat and Monkey tribes live chiefly on insects, it is in this order that we find the most complete adaptation to this kind of food. The teeth of the Insectivora are not cutting and tearing, as are those of the Carnivora, but they have rounded points for the purpose of crushing the hard co
. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. 66 NATUBAL HISTOKX: CHAPTER Vn, IJJ'SECr-EATrN'G, EODENT, TOOTHLESS, AND MAKSTJPIAL QUADRUPEDS. 106. We now come to the second order of Quadru- peds, the Insectivora, or insect-eating Quadrupeds. Al- though, as we saw in Chapter III., many of the Bat and Monkey tribes live chiefly on insects, it is in this order that we find the most complete adaptation to this kind of food. The teeth of the Insectivora are not cutting and tearing, as are those of the Carnivora, but they have rounded points for the purpose of crushing the hard cov- erings of insects. Most of them live chiefly under ground, as the Mole; and those which inhabit cold countries are in a state of torpor through the winter. Their vocation seems to be to keep within bounds the worm and insect tribes that are found in the soil, which would otherwise be exceedingly destructive to the vegetables on which man so much depends for food. 107. Of this order there are four families: 1. Moles, which pass their whole lives in burrows. 2. Shrews, a sort of carnivorous mice, which are very common through- out Europe, but of which only a few species are found in America. 3. The Hedgehogs, found in Europe, Asia, 4. The Banxrings, which inhabit the larger islands of the Eastern Archipelago. 108. The common European Mole, Fig. 48, lives in the same manner as the Mole of this country, al- Fig. 48.—Mole. though it is a differ. and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867. New York, Harper & Brothers
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