CHEIROPTERA. 137 



large ears and large eyes ; length 1^ inch ; expanse 

 6 inches. This genus forms the last of the orders 

 with pectoral mammas and other anatomical char- 

 acters, which caused them to be classed collectively 

 by Linnaeus in his order Primates. 



Fossil Cheiroptera of species, said not to be distin- 

 guishable from the recent, have been found in the 

 (Eocene) Paris Basin ; such as Vesp. murinus, pi- 

 pistrellus, ferugineus, plecotus, &c., found also in 

 the intermediate periods of that era and the present, 

 and equally undeterminable. Bones and teeth of 

 Bats in the cavern deposits of Kirkdale (Newer 

 Pliocene), Banwell, Torquay, &c., in Germany and 

 America ; lastly they are found in gravels, &c. See 

 Bartlets Chart. 



