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ORDER CHIROPTERA.— MORMOOPS—EMBALLONURA. 



Wo/e Le Taphien filet, (Geoffr. Descr. d'Egypte, pi. I. fig. 1,) 



does not appear to be specifically distinct from Taphozous perforatus. 



GENUS XX. MORMOOPS.— MORMOOPS BATS. 



Syn. Les MORMOOPS. — Cut. Reg. Anim. I. 120. — Fr. Cuv. Dents des Mam. 

 52. 



Mormoofs. — Leach, Linn. Trans. XIII. 76 Fisch. Syn. Mam. 124. 



Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot. II. 491. 



obliquely, and are sharp, 

 lobed. 



The lower ones are uniform in size, and tri- 



GENERIC CHARACTERS. 



The Dental Formula 



Cuvier, who says he had it from Leach. 



The Ears large and coalescing ; the tragus conspicuous. Forehead 

 abruptly elevated. 



The Nose-leaf single, erect, and conjoined to the ears. 



The Tail not extending beyond two thirds of the interfemoral mem- 

 brane ; last joint free. 



Inhabits Jamaica. 



The Mormoops Bats have four incisors in each jaw, the upper 

 being of considerable size, and the lower trilobed ; their cranium is 

 singularly elevated like a pyramid, above the muzzle ; and from 

 each side of the nose there projects a triangular membrane, which 

 coalesces with the ear. 



Though this Genus was established by Dr Leach with all due care, yet 

 his materials were very scanty, and it evidently requires revision. As 

 stated by Mr Gray, the genus described by M. F. Cuvier under this name 

 appears quite different from that of Dr Leach. This gentleman's de- 

 scription is lucid, and the plate of the single species on which the genus 

 was founded is excellent : it contains four figures ; the face ; a back view 

 of the whole animal ; the cranium ; and the dental apparatus. The 

 upper incisors are very unequal, the central being much the broadest, 

 and having a deep notch in the middle ; the outer ones are small, point 



1. MORMOOPS BLAINVILLII.— DE BLAINVILLE'S MORMOOPS 



BAT. 



Syn. Leach, in Linn. Trans. XIII. 76 — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 124. Gray, Loc 



Cit. et Annal. ; Nat. Hist. IV. 3. 

 Icon. Leach, Loc. Cit. pi. 7. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



The Head nearly globular. The Nose rounded above, and obliquely 

 truncated below. 



The Ears very large and broad, united on the forehead ; the tragus 

 lunated. 



The Lips variously expanded, and tuberculous. 



The Interfemoral Membrane very large, truncated at the ex- 

 tremity. 



The Heel-bone very long, and marginal. 



Inhabits Jamaica and Cuba. 



Mr Macleay having lately sent home a specimen of this Bat from Cuba, 

 Mr Gray has been enabled very considerably to add to the information 

 respecting the animal previously possessed, and which was confined to 

 Dr Leach's notice. Mr Gray states that it has scarcely a true nose-leaf, 

 and that it is closely allied to the Taphozoi. The head is nearly globular, 

 with a produced muzzle. The nose is rounded above, with three warts 

 on each side, and obliquely truncated below, with a longitudinal central 

 rib, and a transverse rib between the margin and nostrils. The lips are 

 variously expanded, and so complicated that they can scarcely be described 

 by words. The large ears are dependent over the face ; the lower side is 

 expanded, and continued into the folded lower lip. The tragus is lunate ; 

 the antetragus large and tubercular. The wings are long, rather wide, 

 hairy beneath near the sides. The interfemoral membrane furnished 

 with many transverse lines ; the tail is long, with the last joint free. 



Mr Macleay 's specimen was killed in his bed-room. Dr Leach's was 

 sent from Jamaica by Mr Lewis. 



TRIBE IV— MONOPHALANGIA ANISTIOPHORA. 



Syn. Anistiophori, (in part.) — Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras. 



Vespertilionina. — Gray, in Mag. Zool. and Bot. II — Less. Mam. 



CHARACTERS OF THE TRIBE. 



The Index with only one ossified phalanx; the other fingers with two. 

 The Nose without any leafy appendage. 



GENUS XXI. EMBALLONURA— LONG-NOSED BATS. 



Syn. 



Emballonura. — Kuhl.'in Ann. Weterauisehen Gesellschaft I. — Temm. 



Mon. Mam. I. 18. 

 PrOboscidea — Spix, Vesp. Bras. — Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot. II. 499. 

 "Vespertilio, (in part.) — Pr. Max. Abbild Fisch. Syn. Mam. 115. 



generic characters. 



The Dental Formula 'g+g+q+fff" 



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|3-j-C+(F+4)M 18 

 The Head long and conical ; Forehead flat. 

 The Muzzle long: the Upper-jaw the longest. 

 The Tail long, and partially involved in the interfemoral membrane. 

 Inhabit Brazil, and the Indian Archipelago. 



That the small group of Bats included under the appellation Emballo- 

 nura were entitled to a separate generic distinction, seems first to have 

 been recognized by M. Spix, who applied to it the name of Proboscidea. 



As the Baron Cuvier, however, had applied this same term to a family 

 of the Pachydermata, this proposal could with no propriety be enter- 

 tained ; and hence, Kuhl, it would appear, was prompted to introduce 

 another, and less objectionable one, which has been adopted by Tem- 

 minck, though, in his published writings, nothing further than a mere indi- 

 cation is supplied. The upper incisors, it would appear, are very small, 

 distant, and diverging ; whilst the lower are lobed, and placed in a semi- 

 circle. 



1. EMBALLONURA SAXATILIS— THE ROCK LONG-NOSE 



BAT. 



Syn. et Icon. Emballonura Saxatilis Temm. Mon. Mam. I. 18. 



Proboscidea Saxatilis Spix, Sim. Bras. 62. — Gray, Mag. 



Zool. and Bot. II. 499. 

 Vespertilio Naso — Pr. Max. Abbild. — Reise Nach Bras. Bd. 

 I. 251. 



specific characters. 

 The Hair brown above, streaked with grey ; ash-coloured beneath. 

 The Nose with its tip prolonged ; the spur is also long. 

 The Interfemoral Membrane is truncated; The Tail somewhat 

 free at its tip. 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



Prince Maximilian informs us that this small Bat is very abundant in 

 numerous districts of the Brazils. During the day it is usually seen 

 hanging to the great trunks of the trees of the virgin forests, or to the 

 sharp rocks which overhang the rivers, where it enjoys the freshness of 

 the stream, and does not quit its retreat till the evening twilight. 



2. EMBALLONURA RIVALIS THE RIVER LONG-NOSE BAT. 



Syn. Proboscidea rivalis. — Spix, Vesp. Bras. p. 62. — Gray, Mag. Zool. and 

 Bot. II. 499. 

 Vespertilio rivalis. — Fisch. Syn. Mam. p. 116. 

 Icon. 



specific characters. 

 The Hair dark brown above, light brown beneath. 



