182 LONG EARED BAT. Class I. 



of view. In these a very striking difference is 

 observable, and it will also be perceived, that 

 the anterior longitudinal membrane is by no 

 means similar in both species. The Horse-shoe 

 Bat has two small teeth placed at some distance 

 in the upper jaw, which are not to be found in 

 the Minute. 



Mr. Montagu discovered four teats in a fe- 

 male of this species, a circumstance which 

 draws from him some excellent observations 

 on the fallibility of all general rules. It is well 

 known, that the great Linnceus had ranked the 

 bats among the Primates, on the supposition 

 that they possessed only tw o /^^/ji//^^. Ed. 



42 Long Edw. av. ^OlA.Z. Vespertilio auritus. Gm. Lin, 



EARED. ^/^_ ;-_ j^^,^ ^^^^ 4^_ 



La petite chauve souris de V. auritus, naso oreque sim- 



notre pays. Brisson quad. pHci, auriculis duplicatis^ 



160. capite majoribus. Faun. 



L'oreillar. De Buff on, T ova.. Slice. 3. 



viii. 118. 127. Tah. 17. Br. Zool. b6. Hht. quad.n.No. 



f. 1. 519. p. 320. 



J- HE length of this species of bat, exclusive of 

 the tail, two inches and three quarters ; the ex- 

 tent of the fore-legs ten inches and three quar- 

 ters. 



The principal distinction between this and 



