CHAP, v.] CLASSIFICATION. 



better to treat them as families, a rank wliicli is claimed for the 

 anthropoid apes by many naturalists. 



As no good systematic work on the genera and species of bats 

 has been yet published, I adopt the five families as generally 

 used in this country, with the genera as given in the papers of 

 Dr. J. E. Gray and JNIr. Tomes. A monograph by Dr. Peters 

 has long been promised, and his outline arrangement was 

 published in 1865, but this will perhaps be materially altered 

 when the work appears. 



Order— CHIEOPTERA. 



Fain. 



Fmgivora 9. Pteropida; ... Fruit-eatino; Bats. 



( Istiopliora j 10. Phyllostomidie ... Leaf-nosed Bats. 



Insectivora s ( H. Rhinolophidaj ... Horse-shoe Bats. 



( Gymnorliini | 12. Vespertilionidie ... True Bats. 



Noctilionidffi . . . Do<:r-headed Bats. 



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The genera of Chiroptera are in a state of great confusion, the 

 names used by different authors being often not at all compar- 

 able, so that the few details given of the distribution of the 

 bats are not trustworthy. We have therefore made little use 

 of this order in the theoretical part of the work. 



The osteology of the Insectivora has been very carefully 

 worked out by Professor Mivart in the Jounral of Anatomy 

 and Physiology (Vol. ii., p. 380), and I follow his classification 

 as given there, and in the Frocecdi)igs of the Zoological Society 

 (1871). 



Order— INSECTIVORA. 



Film. 



14. Galeopithecidas ... ... ... Flying Lemurs. 



15. Macroscelididte ... ... ... Elephant Shrews. 



16. Tupaiidee ... ... ... ... Squirrel Shrews. 



17. Erinaceidse ... ... ... ... Hedgehogs. 



18. Centetidie ... ... ... ... Tenrecs. 



19. Potamogalidffi ... ... ... Otter Shrew. 



20. Chrysochloridye ... ... ... Golden Moles. 



21. Talpid* Moles. 



22. Soricidoe ... ... ... ... Shrews. 



The next order. Garni vora, has been studied in detail by 

 Professor Flower ; and I adopt the classification given by him m 

 the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 18C9, p. 4. 



