CARNARIA. 83 
Mormoors, Leach. 
Four incisors in each jaw, the superior tolerably large, the 
inferior trilobate ; cranium singularly raised like a pyramid above 
the muzzle; on each side of the nose is a triangular leaf which ex- 
tends to the ear.(1) 
VEsPERTILIO, Cuv. and Geoff. 
Muzzle without leaf or other peculiar appendage 5 ears separate 5 
four incisors above, of which the two middle ones are apart, and 
six trenchant incisors slightly denticulated below; the tail contained 
in the membrane. This subgenus is the most numerous of the 
whole, its species being found in every part of the world. France 
alone has six or seven. 
The tragus of some is shaped like an awl, and to this division be- 
longs the most commonly known species. 
Vesp. murinus, L.; V. myotis, Kuhl, Buff. VIII, xvi. (The 
Common Bat.) Tragus oblong, the length of the head; hair 
brown; maronne above, grey beneath; the young of an ashy 
erey. 
Some other smaller but neighbouring species have lately 
been observed in Europe.(2) 
In others again the tragus is angular, such as the 
Vesp. serotinus, L.; Buff. VIII, xvitr, 2. (The Serotine Bat. ) 
A deep maronne ; wings and ears blackish ; the conch triangu- 
lar and shorter than the head. The female is paler than the 
male. Found under the roofs of churches, uninhabited build- 
ings, &c.(3) 
A third kind has a crescent shaped tragus. 
V. noctula, L.; Buff. VIII, xvu1,13 V. proterus, Kuhl; VP. 
lasiopterus, Schreb., 58, B. Fawn coloured; ears triangular, 
shorter than the head ; tragus rounded, a little larger than the 
preceding. Found in the hollows of old trees, &c. 
V. pipistrellus, Gm.; Buff. VIII, xrx, 1. (The Pipistrelle.) 
The smallest one in France; a blackish brown; ears triangu- 
lar. (4) 
(1) The species—Mormoops Blainvillii, Leach, 1 Lin. Trans. X1I—is from Jaya. 
(2) The V. Bechsteinii, Leisler, Chauves. d’Allem., pl. 22.—The V. mystacinus, 
ib. 18—V. Daubentoni, Leisler, Kuhl, pl. xxv, 2.—V. Nattereri, Kuhl, pl. 23, 
&ec.—Add foreign species, V. emarginatus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. VIII, pl. 46.—V. pic- 
tus, L. or the Kirivoula of Java, Seb. I, pl. 56, f. 23.—V. polythriz, Isid. Geoff. 
Ann. des Sc. Nat. III, p. 440.—V. levis, Id. ib. &c. 
(3) Add PV: carolinensis, Geoff. Ann. Mus. VIU, pl. 47. [See Append. I. of Am. 
Ed.) 
(4) Add the V. Kuhlii, Natterer, Kuhl, Chauves. d’Allem. p. 55. 
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