fO ZOOLOGY. 



longer, extended, compressed, parallel, approximate ; 

 tusks solitary, approximate ; grinders many, sublobate, 

 the foremost longer, and sharper. 



This genus, like the preceding, is confined to the warmer 

 parts of the globe: they usually nestle in trees, and are 

 mostly frugivorous. Several of the species are easily tamed. 



4. Galeopithecus. Colugo. Front teeth, in the upper ja\T 

 wanting; in the lower six, short, broad, distant, pec- 

 tinated; ^MsA:* short, broad, triangular, sharp, serrated; 

 grinders four, truncated, muricated with conical pro- 

 tuberances ; bodi/ and limbs surrounded withawem- 

 brane^ by which the animal supports itself as with 



In habits it resembles the Macaucos, from which genus 

 this (the only species) has hfien removed, on account of the 

 difiFerences above enumerated in their generic characters. 



5. Fespcrtilio. Bat. Teeth all erect, sharp-pointed, ap- 

 proximate; fore-feet palmated ; body furnished with a 

 ft} ing membrane^ as in the last genus. 



' The who'p family of Bats are nocturnal, or only make 

 their ap}.^"?' n'Le la the dusk of evening ; their food consists 

 of wi;''3;ed insects; some of the larger kinds will devour 

 Mice and other small quadrupeds; and they are the prey 

 of Owls. Their haunts are in dark noisome places, in 

 caverns, vaults, and ruined buildings ; they are easily obtained 

 in their torpid state, which, in those species that inhabit the 



