LIV. 

 Little Brown-bat or Blunt-nosed Bat. 



Myotis luctfugus (Le Conte). 



(Gr. mys, mouse; otis, ear; L. lucis, of the light; jugus, one who flies from, a fugitive.) 



Vespertilio lucifugus Le Conte, 1 83 1, McMurtrie's Cuvier, 



An. King. I, p. 431. 

 Myotis lucifugus MiLLER, 1897, N. Am. Fauna, No. 13, p. 59. 



Type Locality. — Georgia; probably near Riceboro, 

 Liberty County. 



French Canadi.a.n, la Chauve-souris brunette. 

 Cree, Pee-kwa-nah-djee' (applied to all Bats). 

 OjiB., A h-pe-kwa-nah-djee' (applied to all Bats). 



The whole Family, Vespertilionidce, have simple noses, that 

 is, without a leaf membrane; turbinal bones folded; palate 

 deeply notched in front; molars with W-shaped cusps; tail, 

 long and enclosed to the tip in a membrane or tail-web. 



The sub-family, Vespertilionince, have 6 lower incisors, 

 and ears separate at base. 



All of the Manitoban Bats are in this sub-family. 



The genus Myotis (Kaup, 1829) comprises small, slender 

 Bats, with hairy faces, tapering tragus, long tails, naked wings 

 and tail membranes, and the following tooth formula : 



^ 2-2 i-i ■ x-2 , ^-^ 



Inc. ; can. ; prem. ^:^-^; mol. ^^-^=38 



The combination of 4 upper incisors with 6 upper pre- 

 molars is important. 



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