SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



189. 1. 5. i?2^/<2 (the Red Stenoderme.) Bright chestnut 

 colour. Ears small, lateral, and isolated without oreillon. 

 Tail none. Length of body about three inches ; expanse 

 of wings under a foot. 



Stenoderme roux, Geoff, Mem. de VInstitut de VEgypte, 

 Hist. Nat. torn. ii. 



Icon. 



Inhabits. 



VII. NocTiLio. Geoffroy. Incisive teeth ^^ the two upper 

 intermediate teeth larger than the others, the lower incisors 

 placed before the canine teeth ; canine \^, very strong ; cheek 

 teeth ^=2^, furnished with sharp tubercles. Ears small, 

 lateral and insulated. Interfemoral membrane large. Tail 

 extending a little beyond the membrane. Muzzle short, thick, 

 clefty and furnished with warts or fleshy tubercles. Nose 

 without appendage. Claws of hind feet very large. 



190. 1. N. Leporinus (the Peruvian or Hare-lipped Noc- 

 tilio.) Fur of an uniform reddish yellow; as big as a Rat. 



Vespertilio Leporinus, Gm. i. 47. Noctilio Americana, 

 Linn. S. No. i. 88. Geoff. Noctilio Unicolor, Collect, du 

 Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 



Peruvian Bat, Pennant. Chauve-Souris de la Vallee 

 d'Ylo, FeuilUe Obs. i. 623. Reddish Bat of d'Azara Quad, 

 du Paraguay, torn. ii. 280. 



Icon. Shaw's Zoology, t. i. p. I. pi. 41. Schreb.f 60. 



Inhabits Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru ? 



Var. /3. With a whitish band down the back. Body 

 above four inches long ; expanse of wings eighteen inches. 

 Noctilio Dorsatus, Geoff. Pteropus Leporinus, Erxleben. 



Var. y. Back reddish, belly white. Peruvian Bat, var. /3, 

 Pennant. Noctilio a ventre blanc, Geoff. Collect, du Mus. 

 d'Hist. Nat. de Paris. 



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