NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



8b. Scotophilus nigrita herero, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), xvii. p. 174 (1906). 

 9. Scotophilus viridis damarensis, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (7), xvii, p. 174 (1906). 



10. Scotophilus schlieffeni australis, Thos. and Wrought. 



P.Z.S., 1908, p. 539. 



11. Myotis tricolor, Smuts. 



12. Kerivoula cBvosa, Tomes. 



13. Kerivoula lanosa, Smith. 



14. Miniopterus schreibersi, Natt. 



15. Miniopterus dasythrix, Temm. Mon. Mamm., ii. p. 174 



(1835). 



16. Miniopterus natalensis, Smith. S.A. Quart. Journ., ii. 



p. 59 (1834). 



17. Miniopterus scoteinus, Sund. 



18. Miniopterus f rater cuius, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1906, 



i. p. 162. 



19. Taphozous mauritianus , Geoff. 



20. Nyctinomus africanus, Dobs. 



21. Nyctinomus cBgyptiacus, Geoff. 



22. Nyctinomus bocagei, Seabra. Jorn. Sc. Lisb., vi. p. 82 



(1900). 



23. Mormopterus acetabulosus, Desm. 



24. ChcBrephon limbatus. Pet. 



Order : CARNIVORA 

 (The Flesh-eating Tribe of Animals) 



Sub-order : FISSIPEDIA 

 Division : iELUROiDEA 

 Family : Felid^ 

 [The Cat Tribe) 



Carnivorous animals that walk on the tips of the toes 

 (digitigrade) ; fore limbs provided with five, and the hind 

 limbs with four toes ; claws are usually curved, sharp, and 

 retractile, viz. capable of being drawn back into special 

 sheaths in the toes. Skull short, broad, and rounded, with 

 the auditory bullae large, smooth, and inflated. Canine teeth 



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