. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. FIG. 303. — Phoca vitulina, the harbor seal. From Parker and Haswell, Manual of Zoology. 1 caro, carnis, flesh ; vorare, to devour. THE MOUSE AND ITS ALLIES 329 Marine Carnivora comprise the seals (Fig. 303), walruses,and sea-lions; the more valuable of which are disappearingas a result of mans lack of foresight. Altogether, the Car-nivora comprise the most agile, the most intelligent, themost dreadful, and some of the commercially most im-portant of fellow-animals. The Cheiroptera,1 or bats (Fig. 30
. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. FIG. 303. — Phoca vitulina, the harbor seal. From Parker and Haswell, Manual of Zoology. 1 caro, carnis, flesh ; vorare, to devour. THE MOUSE AND ITS ALLIES 329 Marine Carnivora comprise the seals (Fig. 303), walruses,and sea-lions; the more valuable of which are disappearingas a result of mans lack of foresight. Altogether, the Car-nivora comprise the most agile, the most intelligent, themost dreadful, and some of the commercially most im-portant of fellow-animals. The Cheiroptera,1 or bats (Fig. 304), are extraordinarilymodified mammals, which, like the birds, seem to have. FIG. 301. — Syuotus, an insectivorous bat. After Vogt and Specht. penetrated into the air to prey on the flying insects. Notall bats are insectivorous, however, for certain Old Worldbats feed on fruits. Our commonest species are the littlebrown bats (with a nearly fuiiess wing), and the red bat(with patches of fur on the wing membrane). The Primates2 are of interest because we ourselves areplaced in this category together with certain other animalsthat have attained a less lofty station. The lowest Pri-mates are the lemurs, found chiefly in Madagascar. Thesehave an arboreal habit, and feed on fruits, leaves, and , hand ; irTepov, wing. 2 primus, the first. 330 ZOOLOGY small birds and insects. Next higher come the Americanmarmosets, the howling monkeys, and the flat-nosed, pre-hensile-tailed American apes; still higher are the small-nosed, nonprehensile-tailed apes, including the baboons,
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