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SUBKINGBOM TEETEBRATA. 



cific gravity by blowing air beneath the cuticle through 

 openings in the cheek-pouches until the creature looks like 

 " a mere ball with head and limbs artificially attached." The 

 Great-eared Bat has ears nearly as long as its body, folding 

 them up when it sleeps. Their large development compen- 

 sates for the smallness of the eyes ; 

 III diminutive size of which has 

 _ I en rise to the saying " Blind as a 

 bii ■■ 



Mg. IIA. 



Megadermafrons, Great-eared bat. 



VespertlHo subulatus. Little brown bat. 



■Vespertilionidae.^The Common. Bats are found in every 

 part of the world. The Little Broivn Bat frequents the 

 ^ j^5 haunts of man and 



c is especially service- 



able by destroying 

 mosquitoes, while it 

 is said that it will 

 devour 40 flies at a 

 meal. With the 

 failure of food in 

 the fall, it hides 

 away to hibernate, 

 I A when its respiration 

 sinks from 200 to 30 

 per minute. 



Noctilionidae. — 

 The Noctihoe of 



NocRlus leponnus. Hare-lipped bat. South America are 



repulsive from their cleft upper lip. Some have the hinder 

 thumb placed at a distance from the rest of the toes and op- 

 posable to them, like the Quadrumana. 



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