TAPHOZOUS. 95 



Habitat. Australia and the Islands of Torres Straits ; from 

 New Guinea and the Malay Archipelago westward through the 

 whole of southern Asia and Europe; Africa from the Mediterranean 

 to the Cape of Good Hope. 



Reference. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 348. 



2. MINIOPTERUS AUSTRALIS, Tomes (1858). 



Differs chiefly from M. schreibersi in its smaller size and the 

 distribution of the fur. Interfemoral membrane clothed as far 

 back as a line drawn from one ankle to the other ; tibiee covered 

 with fine hairs. Fur dark reddish-brown throughout above; below 

 darker brown basally, the extremities grayish. 



Dimensions. Head and body about one and three-fourths inch; 

 tail about the same ; forearm about one and three-fifths inch. 



Habitat. Australia ; Loyalty Islands. 

 Reference. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 351. 



Family V. EMBALLONURIDJE. 



Nasal apertures simple or valvular, situated at the extremity 

 of the muzzle, without distinct cutaneous appendages. Ears large, 

 often united, with short tragi. Tail partially free, either perfor- 

 ating the interfemoral membrane and appearing upon its upper 

 surface, or produced far beyond its posterior margin. Upper 

 incisors separated in front. 



Subfamily I. EMBALLONURIN.E. 



Tail slender, perforating the interfemoral membrane and appear- 

 ing upon its upper surface, or terminating in it. Legs Inog ; 

 fibulee very slender. Upper incisors weak. 



Genus I. TAPHOZOUS, Geoffroy (1812). 



Muzzle very conical, broad behind, very narrow in front, ter- 

 minated by the slightly projecting inner margin of the valvular 

 nostrils. Ears separate ; tragus short, narrow in the middle, 

 expanded above. Lower lip as long or slightly longer than the 

 upper. Generally a glandular sac, opening anteriorly, between 

 the angles of the lower jaw, more or only developed in the males. 

 Tail perforating the interfemoral membrane, and appearing on its 

 upper surface, capable of being partially withdrawn. Upper 

 incisors often absent in adults. 



Dentition. 1. f, C. =J, P. g, M. J=f = 30. 

 Habits. Insectivorous. 



