58 MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 
No. 72. TAPHOZOUS SACCOLAIMUS. 
The White-bellied Bat (Jerdon’'s No. 33). 
Hapitat.—Peninsula of India, Burmah, and Ceylon. 
DEscripTIon.—* Muzzle angular, naked, very acute ; nostrils small, 
close ; ears distant, shorter than the head, large i inner margin recurved, 
outer. margin dilated, reaching to the commissure of the mouth; 
tragus wide, securiform (i.e. axe-shaped) ; fur short, smooth, blackish on 
the head, chestnut brown on the back; beneath, dirty-white or black 
brown above with white pencillings ; pure white below” ( /erdon). 
Dobson says of the fur: ‘“‘ above, white at the base, the terminal three- 
fourths of the hairs black, with a few irregular small white patches on 
the back; beneath dark brown.” The gular sac is to be found in both 
sexes, but somewhat larger in the males. 
Size.—About 5 inches; wing expanse, 17. 
No. 73. TAPHOZOUS THEOBALDI. 
HapitTat.—Tenasserim. 
DEScRIPTION.—The gular sac is absent in both sexes; ears larger 
than in any others of the sub-genus ; the muzzle, from the corners of the 
eyes downwards, naked. 
S1zE.—Head and body about 3,)5 inches ; tail, 1. 
No. 74. TAPHOZOUS KACHHENSIS. 
Hapitat.—Kachh, N. W. India. 
DESCRIPTION (apud Dobson).—‘‘Gular sac absent in both ae and 
female ; its usual position indicated in the male by a semi-circular fold 
of skin and nakedness of the integument in this situation; in other 
respects similar to Z: nudiventris. The deposits of fat about the tail 
very large.” 
S1zE.—Head and body about 3 inches ; tail, 11. 
TZ. nudiventris, above alluded to, is an inhabitant of Asia Minor, 
Egypt, and Nubia ; similar to the above, only that it has a small gular 
sac in the male, of which a trace only exists in the female. Its most 
striking peculiarity is the deposit of fat at the root of the tail, which may 
possibly be for purposes of absorption during the dormant winter 
season. 
