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Myotls myotis. The Common Continental Bat. 



(Of some uncertainty as a British species. Only specimens 

 caught hitherto found in London, near the British Museum> 

 and in Cambridgeshire. Reported to exist in Dorsetshire and 

 the Isle of Wight.) 

 Myotis mystaclnus. The Whiskered Bat. 



(Somewhat rare. Recorded from the southern half of England, 

 and reported to be met with in the west of Ireland. Absent 

 from Scotland.) 

 Myotis emarglnatus. The Notch-eared Bat. 



(Of very doubtful occurrence as a British species. May be found 



in South England, as it is common in North France.) 

 Barbastella barbastellus. The Barbastelle Bat. 



(Met with over the greater part of England. Absent from 



Scotland and Ireland.) 

 Plecotus auritus. The Long-eared Bat. 



(Almost universally distributed over the country districts of 

 England, Ireland, and Scotland. Probably absent from the 

 Hebrides and the Scotch islands.) 



FAMILY, RHINOLOPHID^E, The LEAF-NOSED BATS. 



Rhinolophus ferrutn-equinum. The Greater Horseshoe 

 Bat. 



(Distribution limited to the southern half of England.) 

 Rhinolophus hipposiderus. The Lesser Horseshoe Bat. 



(Distribution apparently limited to the southern half of England 

 and the western districts of Ireland.) 



ORDER, CARNIVORA. The FLESH-EATING PREDATORY 

 MAMMALS. 



SUB-ORDER, FISSIPEDIA. The SEPARATE-TOED 

 CARNIVORES. 



FAMILY, CANID&. The DOGS. 



Lycaon anglicus (?). The English Hunting Dog. 



(Extinct. Of not very certain occurrence, but thought to have 

 existed in England and Wales during the Pleistocene Period.) 

 Can is vulpes. The Common Fox. 



(Almost universally distributed over the British Islands, except 



the Hebrides, Shetlands, and Orkneys.) 

 Cants lupus. The Wolf. 



(Extinct. Formerly distributed all over Great Britain and 

 Ireland.) 



