. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. Fig. 77. — Teeth of an Insect Eater. Fig. 76. — Galeopithecus. opithecus, a curious bat-like animal found on trees in the Indian Archipelago. Insectivores sleep during the day, and go forth at night in search of food. In cool regions, many of them sleep all winter. SHREWS. Shrews are little mouse-like animals, — but smaller than the smallest mice, — with a long and tapering head and soft silky fur. They live under rubbish, and Fig. 7
. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. Fig. 77. — Teeth of an Insect Eater. Fig. 76. — Galeopithecus. opithecus, a curious bat-like animal found on trees in the Indian Archipelago. Insectivores sleep during the day, and go forth at night in search of food. In cool regions, many of them sleep all winter. SHREWS. Shrews are little mouse-like animals, — but smaller than the smallest mice, — with a long and tapering head and soft silky fur. They live under rubbish, and Fig. 78. — Thompson's Shrew. Fig. 79. — Water Shrew. in holes which they dig in the ground. They are very quarrelsome; and if two are confined together the weak- er is soon killed. There are more than a dozen kinds in North 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy (Gove) 1836-. New York, Scribner, Armstrong
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