88 LONG-EARED BAT. 



separated, brfid, acute ; the two lateral acute, taper- 

 ing, and shorter ; two canine teeth, conical, acute, 

 nearly straight ; five grinders ; the first small and 

 conical, the second larger with a conical point, the 

 last three nearly equal, with several small points 

 In the lower jaw the incisors are six ; the canine 

 teeth two, anterior to the upper, shorter, with an 

 internal acute process ; three anterior conical grind- 

 ers on each side, three posterior grinders, each *vitr 

 three points. 



The palate is transversely grooved, with seven 

 curved furrows on each side. The tongue extensile, 

 oblong, soft, rounded, thick, slightly convex above. 

 The oesophagus seven twelfths of an inch long. The 

 stomach very small, oblong, with large longitudinal 

 prominent internal rugae ; the cardiac aperture about 

 the middle, the pyloric large, without valve or con- 

 traction. The intestine is five and a half inches 

 long, simple, nearly uniform in diameter. The 

 foeces are black, and divided into fragments, like 

 those of a mouse. The kidneys are oblong and 

 compressed ; the liver of moderate size, and lobed ; 

 the lungs rather large. 



This Bat flies, like the Pipistrelle and other species, 

 with a fluttering motion, but it possesses considerable 

 agility, and turns with ease in every direction. It rises 

 with facility from the ground, or even from the bottom 

 of a box in which it may be kept. When it alights, 

 it clings by the hooks of its fore limbs, and by its 

 hind claws. In climbing, it moves the fore feet 

 alternately, advancing slowly and in an awkward 



