MAMMALIA. 



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Lickonolus niger. Short-tailed Indiis, pi. 54. f. 42. 

 Incisory teeth J ; canines } t molars J J. Tail very short, 

 or none. 



Otolicnus Senegalensis, pi. 52. f. 29. Incisors '< lower 

 hontontal ; canines i t molars J J ears very large; tail very 

 long. 



Indris laniycr. Fleecy Indris. Incisors $; molars ff; 

 tail very long. 



Protimia macaco. Ruffled Lemur, pi. 53. f. 13. In- 

 cisors i, lower ones horizontal; molars , \\ ; tail very long. 



Stenops gracilis. Slender Loris, pi. 53 f. 14. Incisors 

 }, lower ones horizontal ; canines i \ ; molars J ; limbs 

 slender; tailless, pi. 52, f. 45. 



Nycticebus Bengalensis. Slow Lemur, pi. 54. f. 43. 

 Incisors *"*', canines If; molars | ; tail variable in 

 length. 



Galago Senegalensis. Senegal Galago, pi. 53. f. 15. 

 Incisors * * * lower ones horizontal ; canines { i ; molars 

 J J ; ears very large ; hind legs and tail very long. 



Cheirogoleus. Dentary formula, unknown ; ears short 

 and oval; whiskers very long; tail long and tufted, cylin- 

 drical, re-convolute. 



Tarsius Bancanus. Banca Tarsius, pi. 54. f. 45. In- 

 cisors J, unequal ; canines i { small ; molars 'i I ; ears large 

 and naked ; hind legs, tarsi and tail long. 



Cheiromyi Madagascarensis. Aye-Aye, pi. 54- f. 41. 

 Incisors f, strong; no canines, but a blank space for 

 them ; molars J i ; fore legs short, middle finger long 

 and slender ; hind legs and tail long, tufted. 



ORDER III. CARNASSIERS. 



Three kinds of teeth, the molars formed for cutting; 

 jaw capable of a vertical motion only ; thumb of the 

 anterior feet, never opposible to the fingers. 



FAMILY I. CHEIROPTERA. 



Fingers connected by a membrane, extending from 

 the anterior to the posterior hands, answering the purpose 

 of wings. Incisors varying in number ; canines rather 

 strong; molars with acute crowns. 



TRIBE I. GALEOPITHECI. 



Nails of fingers long and greatly hooked ; skin of the 

 membranes hairy on both sides. 



Galeopithecus rufus. Colugo, pi. 53. f. 16. Incisors 

 \ ; canines f } ; molars I f ; ears small and rounded ; tail 

 variable in length ; membrane enveloping the neck, and 

 both extremities ; fingers of anterior extremities short, 

 nails bent, slender. 



The following arrangement of the Bats is proposed by 

 Mr J. E. Gray. 



TRIBE II. VESPERTILIONES. 

 Sul-Family. Rhinolophince. 



Nasal appendages membranous, complicated; index 

 finger consisting of one joint 



Nyctophilus. Incisors f ; canines t f ; molars i J ; up- 

 per incisors short and conical, the under equal ; first mo- 

 lar in upper jaw acute, with one tubercle ; second and 

 third with four tubercles; and the fourth with three. 



Megaderma spasma. Incisors f ; canines \ i ; molars 

 J t ; ears extended and united at their base; three nasal 

 appendages ; no tail ; third finger of hand without the 

 last phalanx. 



Rhinolphus. Larvatus, pi. 54. f. 47. Incisors J; can- 

 ines i- I ; molars I I , ears long and distinct ; tail long, free, 



Nycterus. Incisors } ; canines i i; molars J J ; forehead 

 with a deep groove; mouth provided with a pouch on 

 each side. 



Sub-Family. Phylloslominee. 



Nasal appendage simple, fleshy, entire or double; 

 Index finger formed of two phalanges. 



* Phyllostoma has/alum. Javelin Bat. Incisors 1 ; can- 



ines if; molars J I ; nasal appendage double, one piece 

 heart-shaped, the other lyre-shaped ; ears large, naked 

 Hint separated ; tongue bristly. 

 Mormoojis. Incisors 1 ; canines f i ; molars J * ; ears 



large, furnished with auricles; nasal appendage single; 

 index finger two-jointed : extremity of lail naked. 



Vampyrus. Incisors i; canines f t; molars J 1; tail 

 short, involved in the membrane. 



Glossophaga. Incisors J ; canines t } ; molars J J , 

 tongue long, extensible and suctorial ; interfemoral mem- 

 brane, usually obsolete. 



Medatcus. Incisors J ; canines { } ; molars J j , two 

 nasal appendages; no tail. 



Ithinopoma. Incisors J ; canines f f ; molars } { ; nose 

 elongated, ears large, united; one nasal appendage: tail 

 long. 



Artibeus. Incisors J ; no canines ; molars ,* ; two nasal 

 appendages. 



Diphylla. Incisors 1 ; canines \ t ; molars 1 i ? or i t ? 

 Two short nasal appendages. 



Monophyllus. Incisors \ ; canines \ f ; molars { |. 



Sub-Family. Pteropinte. 



Molars obtusely tubercular ; wings conical ; interfe- 

 moral membrane and tail usually wanting ; index finger 

 with three joints ; head elongated, hairy. 



Pteropus Javanicus, pi. 54. f. 46. Incisors J ; canines 

 f f ; molars t f ; nose simple, Jail short, or none ; index 

 finger with a third phalanx and a nail ; tongue papillary. 



Cephalotus. Incisors j ; canines \ i ; molars J- J- ; accor- 

 ding to Geottroy; but according to F. Cuvier t ; tail 

 very short. 



Cynopterus. Incisors 1 ; canines i t ; molars J { ; two 

 of which are false in each jaw ; tail very short. 



Sub-Family. JYoctilioninte, 



Molars acutely tuberculated ; wings long, narrow ; 

 index finger two-jointed ; head short, obtuse ; lips very 

 large ; tail incurved. 



Mollosus amplexicaudatus. Incisors J, upper ones 

 cleft ; canines f } ; molars J J ; large, with numerous 

 points ; nose simple ; tail long. 



Stenoderma, Incisors i according to Goffroy, but F. 

 Cuvier says they are i ; molars i i ; nose simple; tail 

 none. 



Celesno. Incisors f , the upper sharp and simple, lower 

 formed, as it were, of four columns ; no canines ; molars 

 I. 



Aello. Incisors J ; no canines ; molars J. 



Scotophilus. Incisors j ; no canines ; molars f, provided 

 with acuminated processes. 



Proboscidea. Incisors \ ; canines \ i ; molars J \ ; the 

 front one small, the rest tuberculated. 



Cheiromeles. Incisors J ; canines i t ; molars { f. 



Noctilio. Braziliensis, pi. 53. f. 17- Incisors * ; can- 

 ines i {, very strong ; molars J J ; ears small lateral, re- 

 mote. 



Sub-Family. Vesperlilioninos. 



Molar teeth acutely tubular ; wings large, broad ; index 

 finger of only one joint ; head long, hairy; lips simple; 

 tongue short ; tail long. 



Vespertilio murinus. Common bat, pL 53. f. 18. In- 

 cisors } ; upper set in pairs, lower close; canines J {, * J, 

 i, or | |; anterior molars simple conic. 



Plecotus. Incisors \ ; canines { 1 ; molars * J ; ears 

 larger than the head, united at their base. 



Thyroptera. Dentary formula unknown ; body slen- 

 der; nose small and wings narrow; tail long, exserted; 

 extremities formed for walking ; three kinds of teeth 

 mamma: abdominal. 



ORDER IV. 

 FAMILY I. INSBCTIVORA. 



Molars having various sharp points; in some species 

 the canines are very long, and in others short ; teats ven- 

 tral, sometimes both ventral and pectoral; legs short, 

 always formed for plantigrade loco-motion. 



Erinaceut Europceus. Common hedge-hog, pi. 53. f. 19. 

 Incisors J ; canines f t, shorter than the grinders; grin- 

 ders J 1, upper parts protected by prickles, under parts by 

 coarse hair-, tail short or none ; six pectoral und four ven- 

 tral teats. 



