VESPERTILIO. 



108. Vespertilio. 



, ,; C. "="; P. 5=^; M. t3 = 32 

 3—3 I— I 2—2' 3—3 -> 



J 2—2 



Vespertilio. Linn. Syst. Nat., 1758, i, p. 31. Type. Vespertilia 



inurhius, Linn, (nee Schreb.) 

 EpUsiciis, Rafin. Ann. Nat., 1820, p. 2. 

 Cnephaeus, Kaup, Skizzirte. Entw.-Gesch. u. Naturl. Syst. Eur. 



Thier., 1829, i, p. 103. 

 Vesperugo, Keyserl. & Bias. Wiegm. Arch. f. Naturg. , 1839, Bd. 



I, p. 312 (Part.) 

 Vesperus, Keyserl. & Bias. Wiegm. Arch. f. Naturg., 1839, Bd. i, 



P- 313- 

 Noctiila, Bonp. Iconog. Faun. Ital., 1841, i, fasc, xxi. 

 Cateoriis, Kolenati, AUgem. Deutsch. Naturh. Zeitg., Dresden, 



Neue Folge, 1856, 11, pp. 121, 162. 

 Meteorus, Kolenati; Allgem. Deutsch. Naturh. Zeitg., Dresden, 



Neue Folge, 1856, 11, pp. 131, 167. 

 Adelonycteris, H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1891, 



p. 466. 



Skull large, superior outline nearly straight, occiput angular, 

 sagittal crest present; rostrum broad, slightly concave back of nasal 

 opening; ear short, narrower than long, with basal lobe; tragus 

 straight, directed forward, pointed. Only few hairs on back of inter- 

 femoral membrane. 



596. fuscus. {Vespertilio), Beauvois, Cat. Peale's Mus., 1796, p. 14. 



carolinensis, Geoff. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., 1806, p. 193. 



phaiops, Rafin. Am. Month. Mag., 1818, iii, p. 445. 



melanops, Rafin. Ann. Nat., 1820, p. 2. 



arqtiatus, Say, in Long's E.xp. Rocky Mts., 1823, i, p. 167 (note). 



ursinus, Temm. Mon. Mamm., 1835, 11, p. 235. 



greenii, Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 30. 



serotinus, var. V. fuscus, Dobson, Cat. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., 1878, 

 p. 192. 



Type locality. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Geogr. Distr. Austral, Transition and (lower edge of) Boreal 

 zones throughout the United States and adjoining British provinces. 

 (Miller.) 



Genl. Char. Size large; ears short; membrane, heavy, thick; 

 foot half as long as tibia; wing membranes attached beyond base of 

 toes, naked save a few hairs on under side of interfemoral mem- 

 brane and wings, near humerus and forearm. 



Color. Above bister or sepia; paler beneath. 



