SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Vespertilio Auritus, Lin. 



L'Oreillard, Daub. Mem. de VAcad. des Sciences, 1759. 

 Long-eared Bat of English naturalists. 



Icon. Daubenton, I. c. tab. l,f. 2. Buffon, t. viii. pi. 17. 



Schreiber, tab. 50. Edward's Birds, t. 201, /. 3. Pen- 

 nant. Shaw. 



Inhabits Europe, common in England. 



Var. a. Of Egypt; less than the common species; rather 

 redder ; last vertebra of the tail detached from the mem- 

 brane. 



Icon. Geoff. Desc. d''Egypte, t. 2. /. 3. 



Var. b. Of Austria ; bigger than our variety, colour 

 deeper. 



282. 2. P. Barbastellus (the Barbastel.) Deep brown, 

 with the point of each hair yellow ; membrane black. 

 About as big as the Auritus. 



Vespertilio Barbastellus, Gm. 1, 40. 



La Barbastelle, Daub. Mem. de VAcad. 17.59. Pennant's 

 Quadrupeds, ii. 319. 



Icon. Daub. I. c.pl. 2. f. 3. Buffon, t. yni.f. 19. Schreb. 

 tab. 55. Geoff. Ann. du Mus. t. viii. pi. 46. 



Inhabits France and Germany, but rarely met with, par- 

 ticularly in the former country. 



283. 3. P. Maugei (Porto Rico Bat.) Blackish brown 

 above, clear brown beneath, posterior part of the body 

 white, membranes gray. Rather larger than the Barbastel. 



Vespertilio Maugei, Desmarest, Nouveau Diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat. t. XXXV. 



Inhabits the island of Porto Rico ; discovered there by 

 Mauge. 



284. 4. P. Timoriensis (Timor Bat.) Blackish brown 

 above, ashy brown underneath. About the size of the last. 



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