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naked, and so extremely sensible that it is probable they guide them- 
selves through all the sinuosities of their labirynths, even after their 
. eyes have been plucked out, solely by the diversity of the impres- 
sions of the air. They are nocturnal, and in our climate pass the 
winter in a state of stupor. During the day they suspend them- 
selves in obscure places. They generally produce two young ones 
at a birth, which cling to their mammez, and whose size is con- 
siderable in proportion to that of the mother. This genus is very 
numerous, and offers many subdivisions. We must begin by sepa- 
rating from it the : 
Prerorus, Briss. 
Trenchant incisors in each jaw, and grinders with flat crowns 3(1) 
the food, consequently, consists chiefly of fruit, of which it destroys 
considerable quantities ; it also successfully pursues birds and small 
quadrupeds. It is the largest Bat known, and the flesh is eaten. 
It inhabits the East Indies. 
The membrane is deeply notched between the legs; it has no 
tail, or nearly none ; the index finger, which is but half the length 
of the medius has a third phalanx, and a little nail which is want- 
ing in the other Bats; each of the following fingers, however, has 
but two phalanges. The muzzle is simple, the nostrils are widely 
separated, the ears are of a middling size, but without a tragus, and 
the tongue is bristled with points that curve backwards; the sto- 
mach is an elongated sac, unequally inflated. They have never been 
found out of the south of Asia or the Indian Archipelago. 
“a a. Without tails, and four incisors in each jaw.(2) 
P. edulis, Geoff. (The Black Roussette.) Blackish brown, 
deepest beneath, wings nearly four feet from tip to tip. From 
the Moluccas and the straits of Sunda, where they are found in 
. great numbers during the day suspended tothe trees. ‘To pre- 
serve fruit from their attacks, it is necessary to cover it with 
nets. Their cry resembles that of the goose. They are taken 
by holding to them a bag fastened to the end of a rod; the flesh. 
» as esteemed a delicacy by the natives, but Europeans dislike 
_ it on account of its musky scent.(3) 
(a) The gr miler have two longitudinal and parallel projections separated by a 
groove, which wear away by attrition. . 
(2) Linnzus confounded them under his Vespertilio vampirus. 
(3) The Pier. Edwardsii of Geoff., Edw. 103, fawn-coloured, with a dark brown 
. is the young of this species. ¥ 
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