FLYING MAMMALS 



L Order Chiroptera, or Bats 



Introduction. —British mammals are divided into 

 seven Orders, commencing with the Bats and ending 

 with the Whales, and it is our purpose in this volume to 

 set out the chief features of the commoner species, and to 

 include some notes of interest concerning the rarer forms. 

 This is made possible, because Great Britain is by no 

 means rich in its mammahan fauna. Consequently, 

 we are in the happy position of including practically the 

 whole of the mammals on the British list. With other 

 sections of animal life it is only possible, in the space at 

 disposal, to make a representative selection, but when it 

 is stated that, within the confines of a small parish not 

 many miles from London, we have discovered more 

 species of mammals than occur in the whole of Ireland, 

 some idea will be gained of the small number of different 

 species of animals claiming a place in our fauna which, 

 as their name indicates, possess mamma*, or teats, with 

 which to suckle their young. 



In the Oxford Survey of the British Empire not the 



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