CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS 



Species 

 (Inhabiting South Africa) 



1. Nycteris capensis, A. Smith. 



2. Nycteris hispida, Geoff. 



3. Nycteris thebaica, Geoff. 



Family : VESPERTILIONID/E 

 (The Serotine Bats) 



In this family of Insectivorous Bats the nostrils are at the 

 extremity of the snout and form simple crescentic or circular 

 apertures ; there is no nose-leaf ; ears moderate, with distinct 

 inner tragus. The tail is comparatively long, and is included 

 in the membrane which joins the short hind legs. 



The Bats which form this very extensive family are 

 practically cosmopolitan in their distribution. 



Species 

 (Inhabiting South Africa) 



1. Eptesicus capensis, A. Smith. 



la. Eptesicus capensis gracilior, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 



1905, i. p. 257. 

 ib. Eptesicus megalurus, Temm. 



2. Pipistrellus nanus, Pet. 



2a. Pipistrellus nanus australis. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 



(1913)- 



3. Pipistrellus kuhhi fuscatus, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), viii. p. 34 (1901). 



4. Pipistrellus subtilis, Sund. Ofv. Akad. Fork., 1846, 



p. 119. 



5. Pipistrellus rusticus, Tomes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), 



vol. iv. 



6. Glauconycteris variegatus, Tomes. 



7. Glauconycteris papilo, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



xv. p. 77 (1905). 



8. Scotophilus nigrita, Schreb. 



8a. Scotophilus nigrita dingani, Pet. South African Journ., 

 1832, p. 27. 



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