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longer, extended, compressed, parallel, approximate ; 

 iusks solitary, approximate ; grinders many, sublobate, 

 the foremost longer, and sharper. 



This genus, like the preceding, is confined to the warmer 

 parts of the glebe: they usually nestle in trees, and are 

 mostly frugivorous. Several of the species are easily tamed. 



4. Galeopithecus. Colugo. Front teeth, in the upper jaw 



wanting; in the lower six, short, broad, distant, pec- 

 tinated; <MsA:* short, broad, triangular, sharp, serrated; 

 grinders four, truncated, muricated with conical pro- 

 tuberances ; body and limbs surrounded with a mem' 

 brane, by which the animal supports itself as with, 

 wings. 



In habits it resembles the Macaucos, from which genijs 

 this (the only species) has been removed, on account of the 

 differences above enumerated in their generic characters. 



5. Vespertilio. Bat. Teeth all erect, sharp-pointed, ap- 



proximate ; fore-feet palmated ; body furnished with a 

 flying membrane^ as in the last genus. 



The whole family of Bats are nocturnal, or only make 

 their appearance in the dusk of evening ; their food consists 

 of winged insects; some of the larger kinds will devour 

 Mice and other small quadrupeds ; and they are the prey 

 of Owls. Their haunts are in dark noisome places, in 

 caverns, vaults, and ruined buildings ; they are easily obtained 

 in their tor|)ld state, which, in those species that inhabit the 



