NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



86. Scoiophilus nigrita herero, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (7), xvii. p. 174 (1906). 

 ' 9. Scotophilus viridis damarensis, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (7), xvii. p. 174 (1906). 



10. Scotophilus schlieffeni australis, Thos. and Wrought. 



P.Z.S., 1908, p. 539. 



11. Myotis tricolor, Smuts. 



12. Kerivoula cerosa, Tomes. 



13. Kerivoula lanosa, Smith. 



14. Miniopterus schreibersi, Natt. 



15. Miniopterus dasyihrix, Temm. Mon. Mamm., ii. p. 174 



(1835)- 



16. Miniopterus natalensis, Smith. S.A. Quart. Journ., ii. 



p. 59 (1834). 



17. Miniopterus scoteinus, Sund. 



18. Miniopterus fraterculus, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1906, 



i. p. 162. 



19. Taphozous mauritianus, Geoff. 



20. Nyctinomus africanus, Dobs. 



21. Nyctinomus csgyptiacus, Geoff. 



22. Nyctinomus bocagei, Seabra. Jam. Sc. Lisb., vi. p. 82 



(1900). 



23. Mormopterus acetabulosus, Desm. 



24. Chcsrephon limbatus, Pet. 



Order : CARNIVORA 

 (The Flesh-eating Tribe of Animals) 



Sub-order: FISSIPEDIA 

 Division : ^luroidea 

 Family : FeliDjE 

 [The Cat Tribe) 



Carnivorous animals that walk on the tips of the toes 

 (digitigrade) ; fore limbs provided with five, and the hind 

 limbs with four toes ; claws are usually curved, sharp, and 

 retractile, viz. capable of being drawn back into special 

 sheaths in the toes. Skull short, broad, and rounded, with 

 the auditory bulla; large, smooth, and inflated. Canine teeth 



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