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802. The African Mole (Talpa Africana, Quekett (white var.)). 



Fig. MSS. in Mus. of Coll. of Surg. 



Hob. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by W. Dutton, Esq. 



803. The Common Mole (Talpa Europcea, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 69. Bell, Brit. Quad. p. 85. 

 Hab. Europe. 



Order VI. CHEIROPTERA. 



The distinctive character of these animals consists in a fold of skin which, com- 

 mencing at the sides of the neck, extends between their four feet and 

 fingers, sustains them in the air, and even enables such of them to fly, as 

 have their hands sufficiently developed for that purpose. 



Genus MACROGLOSSUS, F. Cuv. 



804. The Kiodote (Macroglossus minimus, Gray ; Pteropus minimus, 



Geoff. ; Pteropus rostratus, Horsf.). 



Fig. Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xv. 535. Horsf. Zool. Java, pt. 3. Cat. of Mam- 

 malia in Brit. Mus. p. 39. 

 Hab. Islands of the Indian Archipelago. 



Genus CYNOPTERUS, F. Cuv. 



805. Horsfield's Cynoptere (Cynopterus Horsfieldii, Gray). 



Fig. Horsf. Zool. Java, pt. 3. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 38. 

 Hab. Java. Asia generally. 



Genus PTEROPUS, Brisson. 



806. The Roussette (Pteropus rubricollis, Geoff.). 



Fig. Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 93. Temm. Mon. i. p. 183. Cat. of 



Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 37. 

 Hab. Madagascar and Cape of Good Hope. 



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