MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. 1 5 <3, 

 CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



ORDER I. PRIMATES,, 



1. HOMO. Man. The i;nage of his creator. 



2, V-ES'PERTILIO, But. 



V. auritm. Front-teeth in the upper-jaw 4, in the 

 lower 6: tailed-; nose without appendages: ears 

 double, larger fchan the hearl. 



Long-eared B:>t. Pennant Zool'. tab 13. . 40. 

 , Length barely 2 inc>e.s : expansion of the.wings 7 inches, 

 , Body reddish mouse-Polour : ears more than an inch long, round-- 

 *d at the ends, with sm.ilier supplemental ones within th<?m thia, 

 nearly tr;>n$parent, 



V. nmrinus.' Front-teeth in the upper-jaw 1, in the 

 -i-ower6; tailed; nose without appendage: ears less 

 than the head. 



Common Bat. Edwards, tab. 201. /. 2. 



Length 2 i'nchcs and 'a half, ?x.t-nt<.) inches. 



Body mouse-coloured with a red tinge : wixgs and eafi blackish : 

 ears small, rounded. 



V. Noctula. Froiit-teetb'in tlitvupper-jaw 4, in the 

 lower 6: tailed; nose without appendage : ears oval, 

 witli small valves. 



Great Bat.' Perm Brit. Zool. tab. 13. . 38. 



Length 4 inches and a half : extent 14 or 15 inches. 



Body chesnut, glossy, : nose slightly s-lobed : mouth simple: chin 

 \vith a. in mute wart; ears smalt, rounded. 



V. Kqfbflstettus. Front teeth in the upper jaw 4, iij the 

 lower 6: tailed; cheeks tumid, hairy : ears large, 

 angular near the f'ase : forel'.cud f)ald- 



P>arbastellc Eat. ' Soitfrby Erit. 'Mis'cel. tab. 5. 



tt*gth e inehe^ extent of win^s at(put 10. 



fiody dusky-brown, paler beneath : teeth aH notched, except the 

 canine: fore-htad flat and bald: no.se smooth and concave: ears 

 nearly surrounding the eyes, as long as the head, notched at each 

 edge, undulate on the outer margin, hai-ry on the back, appendagcd 

 within. 



V. Ftrrum eqidnum. Front-teeth in the upper-jaw none, 

 in the lower 4 : nOse horse-shoe-sliaped : ears without 

 appendage, as long as the head: tail half , as long as 

 the body. 



Horse-shoe Bat. Pennant. Brit. Zool. tab. 14. n. 39. 



Length 3 inches and a half, extent of wings 14. 



Body deep cinereous on the upper parts, whitish below : nose for- 

 uished with an upright membrane shaped like a horse-shoe : ears 

 large, acute, broad at the base r remote from the eyes, inclining 

 backwards, not appendaged within^ tail pointed. 



ORDER II FERJ3, 



3. PHOCA. Seal. 

 Ph. viMina. Brown, without ears ; head and BC4;Jf 



smooth, 



