64 THE BRITISH MAMMALS : THEIR GENERA AND SPECIES. 



secondary earlet. The wing membrane starts from the ankles, and 

 the tip of the tail projects beyond it. 



In the Greater Horse-shoe the ears are very pointed, and shorter 

 than the head. In colour it is greyish -brown above, and greyish- 

 white below. In length its head measures an inch, its body rather 

 more than an inch and a quarter, its tail an inch and a half, and its 



GREATER HORSE-SHOE BAT. 

 (Rhinolophus fenvm-eqmnvm.) 



fore-arm two inches and a quarter. Like the other Horse-shoe 

 Bat, it has two joints in its first hind-toe, and three in the others. 

 It is a tree-haunting species, confined to the South of England, and 

 ranging thence to Japan and South Africa. 



In the Lesser Horse-shoe Bat the ears are pointed and nearly as 

 long as the head, and have the outer edge hollowed out near the 

 tip. There is a well-marked notch at the junction with the secondary 

 earlet. The nose-leaf is toothed along its outer margin. As in the 

 preceding species, there is a vertical groove in the lower lip. In 

 colour it is pale brown above, lighter and more greyish below. The 

 head and body measure about an inch and a half, "the tail is a little 

 over an inch, the fore-arm an inch and a half. This Bat ranges 

 from Ireland, through the South of England, across Europe down 

 into Africa, but has not been found south of the Equator. 



Scrums. Plate x. RODENTIA. 



35. vulgaris, SQUIRREL. Colour brownish red and reddish grey; 

 tail large and bushy. 



The Squirrel is well known for his rich brownish red coat and 

 his bushy tail curled up along his back, but his coat in winter is very 

 grey the colder the climate the greyer he gets and his tail is 

 always held straight when he runs or swims, and spread out 

 with his legs when he leaps from branch to branch, in a way that 

 suggests his flying relatives of the tropics. He is always white 

 below, from the throat downwards, and has tufts to his ears during 

 the first six months of the year. He measures about sixteen inches 



