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V ERTEBRATA 



the body blackish brown, with a grayish tinge given by long haire tipped with white. It is the 



of the Middle States, and often flies by day. It is thinly scattered over a very wide 



range. Hie other Bp is n gion are the Lmui Brown JJat, V. subulatus, Silver-haired 



j; v , i W*n*i and Carolina Bat, V, Garolinensis. The V. monticole and V. Virginianus are 



; . , \ irginia and further South. There are .several other bats found in the Southern Statea, 



aus. They are the Molossus cynocephalui and M. fuliginosus ; the Plecotut 



. ./'./'< uendi. 



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TtePBRTiLro discolor. — (See p. 1^.4). 



//, /. \<< ►!.' N3S*I rS : Molossus.— The bats of this- genus are remarkable for their large heads, 



round ears, thick lips, the upper one more or less fringed, and the sawdike form of their hinder 



They are hideous-looking creatures, flying with rapidity, and walking with more facility 



than most other bats. They are of middling size, and inhabit both torrid and temperate regions. 





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vf.spertilio mounts. — (See p. 134.) 



: 1 I OL4AXBD Bat, M, torquatus, which has the external finger of its 



like an ■ !e thumb, found in Borneo; the M. Daubentanii, called the Flying ' 



l;w - ;: S ■'• '•"• if. maps, in Sumatra; the M. plicatus, in Bengal; the M. a£gyptiacus,\n 



pt and the vicinity ; and the M. acetabulosus, in the Isle of France. The M. Cestoni is found 



in Italy; the M. ursinu , M. r»/«x. .1/. ,;/,,.,; M. obscurus, and M. namtus are of South America. 



