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, rind M ;K liiii'.- to tin- f < t tli in 

 continued from the hind-feet to the tip of th- tail, 

 \\hich is included iiith- kin*. This curious 



quadruped, \\hich lias often hem iudM in< tlv de- 

 serihetl |>y Indian travellers, under the title of the 



:'g Cat, \- a native .,f i. Indian inlands, 



where it lives in the manner uf the IM nu> Lemur, 

 but flutter-* about during tin- night in the manner 

 of a bat. Its general eolour is grey, with a slight 

 of reddish brown. Specimens are figured in 

 the work of Audebert, from the museum of the 

 Prince of Orange. That figured in tin- work of 

 Mr. Peniuin: ian museum. This 



animal therefore may, at 1 ad us, hy a 



kind of natural transition, to the genus V< >jr rtilio 

 or Bat. 



Linna-us has been sonv i ely cen> 



for placing the Hats in tl. tribe with the 



Primal. iich, on a < view, th 



so little alii* d. A> it is certain. ho\..-ver, that we 

 cannot form a fairly eontn < t< d chain of the animal 

 world, these seemingly abrupt transitions are but 



* Its particular characters are : no front-u-i-th in the upper-jaw; 

 but in the lower six broad, short, and distinct or separate teeth, 

 deeply notched or pectinated on the tips. 



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