14 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



M. Geoffroy further separates from the Vesperti- 

 liones, or Common Bats, 



The Oreillards or Great-eared Bats (Plecotus, Geoffr.) 



Whose ears, larger than the head, are united to 

 each other on the cranium, as is the case with 

 the Megadermes, the Rhinopomes, $-c. 



The common species (Vesp. Auritus, L.J Buff. 

 VIII. xvii. 1, is still more common here than 

 the ordinary Bat. Its ears are nearly equal in 

 size to its whole body. It inhabits the houses, 

 kitchens, fyc. We have another species disco- 

 vered by Daubenton, called the Barbastelle 

 (Vesp. Barbastellus, Gm.) Buffon VIII. xix. 2. 

 Brown, with ears much smaller. 



The Galeopitheci CGaleopithecus, Pall.) commonly 



Flying Cats, 



Differ generically from the bats, because the fingers 

 of their hands, all furnished with trenchant nails, are 

 not more elongated than those of the feet ; so that 

 the membrane which occupies their intervals, and 

 extends as far as the sides of the tail, can do little 

 else than perform the functions of a parachute. 

 Their canine teeth are indented and short, like the 

 molars. Above are two incisors, also indented, and 

 considerably separated from each other. Below are 

 six cut into narrow divisions, like combs, a structure 

 altogether peculiar to this genus. These animals 

 live in trees in the Indian Archipelago, and pursue 



