214 VKRTEHKATE ANIMALS OF SOVTH CAROLINA. 



by the liijid foot, Avliich arc furnished with strong, acutely-pointed claws. 

 The majority eat insects and worms, but a few are fruit eaters. They 

 are most abundant in tropical countries.' North American species, about 

 twenty-five. 



NOCTILIONID.E. 

 LARGK-NOSP^I) BAT. Nyctinomus 'brasiliensis, GeoflVoy. 



VESPERTILIONID.E. 



TWILIGHT KA'l". Nycticejus crepuscularis, LeConte. 



RED B.VT. Atalapha noveboracensis, (Erxleben) Peters. 



HOARY P. AT. Atalapha cinerea, (Beau vois) Peters. 



CAROLINA BAT. Vesperugo serotinus, (Schreber) Keys, and Bias. ; fuscus. 



GEORGIAN BAT. Vesperugo georgianus, (F. Cuvier) Dobson. 



LITTLE BROWN BAT. Vespertilio subulatus, Say. 



SILVERY-HAIRED BAT. Scotophilus uoctivagans, LeConte. 



BLUNT-NO.SED BAT. Vespertilio lucifugus, LeConte * 



BIG-EAR]':d BAT. Plecotus macrotus, LeConte. 



ORDER, INSECTIVORA. INSECT EATERS. 



A group of small mammals, possessing many of the characteristics of 

 the bats, but having both fore and hind limbs adapted for walking. The 

 two bones of the fore-arm are separate. The mammae are inguinal. 



This order, of which the common mole forms a well-known example, is 

 composed mostly of burrowing animals, which feed upon insects and live 

 a secluded life. Few or none are of economical value, and the moles, at 

 least, prove obnoxious to the farmer by injuring his pasture land. 



SORICID^. 



3IA8KED SHREW. Sorex personatus, Geofi'roy. 

 CAROLINA SHREW Blarina brevicaudata, (Say), Baird. 



* Vespertilio virginianus, Kuduhon and Bach man, a species of uncertain identity, is 

 included by Gibbes in the South Carolina fauna. " V. nigrescem, Bachman," also given 

 by Gibbes, I have been unable to find a description of. 



