. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 304 THE INSECT-EATING ANIMALS. amusGS 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. American There is an American animal which is a Relatiue of the ?I?^^,/^'^^'°P^ °* *^ Desmans of the Old Desmans World, or rather, which may be regarded as an intermediate form between the Desmans and the Moles, but also resem
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 304 THE INSECT-EATING ANIMALS. amusGS 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. American There is an American animal which is a Relatiue of the ?I?^^,/^'^^'°P^ °* *^ Desmans of the Old Desmans 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- rotrichus gibbsii) 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 inches 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. ^be CoIuQo, or IkaguatiQ. SEVENTH FAMILY: Galeopithecid^. a distinct family, Galeo- a single species, Galeo- The representatives of pithecidje, containing but 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 eyes are mod- erately large, the fur- covered ears small. The membrane
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