TAB. V. 

 VESPERTILIO Barbastellus. 



Class 1. Mammalia. Order 1, Primates. 



Gen. Char. Teeth erect, acuminated, approximated. 

 Fore feet fitted for flying, covered with a mem- 

 brane. 



Spec. Char. Caudated. Cheeks tumid, hairy. Ears 

 large, angulated near the base. Nose flat. Fore- 

 head bald. Two inches long. 



Syn. V. Barbastellus. Gmel. v. \.p. 48. 



Barbastelle. Buff. Hist. Nat. viii. 130. t. 19./. 1. 



1 HIS new animal, now added to the British catalogue, was 

 communicated by my friend Mr. Peete,F.'L. S., of Dartford, 

 to whom I applied to help me to the Horse-shoe Bat. He 

 kindly used his interest at the powder-mills there, whence 

 Dr. Latham vised to procure it, and luckily sent me for it 

 this more rare animal, the only one yet preserved or known 

 in this country. 



Teeth small, all, except the canine, notched. Above the 

 nose, to a little beyond the ears, it is bald and flat. The 

 nose is smooth and concave. The ears are the length of the 

 head, with a notch at each edge, undulated at the outer 

 edge^ hairy at the back, and having an auricle within (in 

 which it differs particularly from the Horse- shoe Bat). The 

 eyes are placed within the ear. The hair all over is dark 

 brown at the base, and white at the tip. It is much smaller, 

 and the teeth are sharper than in the Horse-shoe Bat. 



