A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 

 CHEIROPTERA 



1. Lesser Horse-shoe Bat. Rhinolophus hippo- 5. Pipistrelle. Pipistrellus pipistrt/lus, Schreber. 



siderus, Bechstein. Bell Scotopbllus pipistrellus. 



Rare. Locally, Flittermouse. 



2. Long-eared Bat. Plecotus auritus, Linn. Not uncommon. 

 Common. 



3. Barbastelle. Barbastella barbastellus, Schreber. 6. Natterer's or Reddish-grey Bat. Myotis nat- 



KM-Barbastellus daubentonH. terert > Lelsler ' 



R are Bell Vesperl'iKo nattereri. 



4. Great or White's Bat (Noctule). Pipistrellus ^V^nT,' A specimen was taken at 



. , o , , v Cheetham Hill. Manchester, Christmas 1092. 

 noctula, ocnreDer. 



Bell Scotophilus noctula; White Vesper ARo alti- *, , , -T-T 



volans ; Thomas Pterygiste, noctula. 7- Daubenton s Bat. Mjttu daubentom, Leisler. 



Now very scarce. Lancashire is, so far as 

 known, its north-western limit. 



Not uncommon in wooded localities. 



INSECTIVORA 



8. Hedgehog. Erinaceus europ&us, Linn. 



Locally, Urchin. 

 Abundant. 



9. Mole. Talpa europaa, Linn. 



Locally, Moodiwart, Mowdywark, Want. 

 Abundant, occasionally albino. 



10. Common Shrew. Sorex araneus, Linn. 

 Quite common. 



linutus, Linn. 



11. Pigmy Shrew. Sore* 

 Bell Sorex pygmtttu. 



Occurring sparsely. 



12. Water Shrew. Neomys fodiens, Pallas. 

 Bell Crossoput fodiens. 



Common. 



CARNIVORA 



13. Wild Cat. Felii catus, Linn. 



About a century ago the wild cat was to be 

 seen on Cartmel Fell and other parts of Lake- 

 land in considerable numbers, and it was, though 

 extremely rare, still to be met with fifty years 

 ago, but it is much to be feared that it is now 

 extinct in Lancashire. 



14. Fox. Vulpes vulpes, Linn. 

 Bell Vulpes vulgaris. 



Numerous. 



18. Weasel. Putorlus nivalis, Linn. 

 Bell Mustela vulgaris. 



Abundant. 



1 9. Otter. Lutra lutra. Linn. 

 Bell Lutra vulgaris. 



Still abundant in many of the upland streams 

 on which they are regularly hunted. Not in- 

 frequently reported from the River Alt. 



20. Badger. Meles melts, Linn. 

 Bell Meles taxus. 



Locally, Brock. 



Abundant about 150 to 200 years ago. Now 

 rare. Five taken by Mr. Gillow's keepers on 



15. Pine Marten. Mustela martes, Linn. 



Bell Martes abletum. 



Locally, Fox Cork, Mart Cork, Mart, Sweetmart. Warton Crag 7 or 8 years ago. 

 Tolerably numerous in the uplands, Coniston 2 i. Common Seal. Phoca vitulina, Linn. 

 Hills, Windermere and Furness districts. An 

 old female specimen was caugl 

 Valley, Furness, in May 1902 (Archibald, Zoolo- 



j Not uncommon in Morecambe Bay, in the Mer- 



>ld female specimen was caught in the Rusland sey and Ribble es tuaries, and along our shores. 



gist, 1904, p. 455). 



1 6. Polecat. Putorius putorius, Linn. 

 Bell Mustela putorius. 



Locally, Foumart, Fitchet. 



Not nearly so common as the weasel, but more 

 numerous formerly ; yet abundant in some 

 localities. 



17. Common Stoat. Putorius ermineus, Linn. 

 Bell Mustela erminea. 



Common. Very rarely seen in the white 

 garb of winter except among the high Fells, and 

 there often partially changed only. 



22. Harp Seal. Phoca grcenlandica, Fabricius. 

 An occasional visitor to the estuary of the 



Mersey ; one was taken in Morecambe Bay on 

 23 January, 1868 (Turner, Journal Anat. and 

 Phys. ix. 163). 



23. Hooded Seal. Cystophora cristata, Erxl. 



A specimen was found alive on the Lancashire 

 shore of the Mersey on 3 February, 1873 (Moore, 

 Proc. Lit. and Phil. Soc. Liverp. xxvii. p. Ixxiii.). 



24. Grey Seal. Halicharus grypus, Fabricius. 

 Bell HaRchterus gryphus. 



A specimen was captured in 1861 in the 

 Canada Dock, in Liverpool. 



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