THE FAMILIES AND GENEKA OF BATS. 



Class VI. Cetaceas. 



Order I. Herbivorae. 

 Order II. Carnivorse. 

 1823. Spix, Simiarum et Vespertilionum Brasiliensium Species 

 Novse. Though dealing especially with the bats of Brazil the author 

 proposed a general classification that influenced many subsequent 

 writers. It was as follows : 

 Fam. I. Anistiophori. 

 Genus I. Noctilio. 

 II. Molossus. 



III. Thyroptera. 



IV. Proboscidea. 

 V. Vespertilio. 



Fam. II. Istiophori. 



Genus VI. Vampyrus. 

 VII. Phyllostoma. 

 VIII. Glossophagd. 

 IX. Diphytta. 

 1827. Lesson, Manuel de Mammalogie. The flying lemur is once 

 more associated with the bats, and the group thus formed is made a 

 division of the carnivores : 

 Ordre Carnassiers. 



Division Cheiropteres. 

 Tribu Galeopitheques. 

 Tribu Chauve-souris. 

 The true bats are subdivided into two sections, the Istiophori con- 

 taining the groups Phyllostomes and Rhinolophina, and the Anistio- 

 phori, with the groups Vespertilionina, Noctilionina, and Pteropina. 

 Twenty-three genera are recognized. 



1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium. The bats are placed as the 

 second order, Chiroptera, without subdivision into secondary groups. 

 1831. Bonaparte, Saggio di una Distribuzione metodica degli Ani- 

 mali Vertebrati. The bats form the second order, Chiroptera. They 

 are all placed in the single family " Vespertiliones (Vespertilio- 

 nidse) ," but this group is subdivided into five sections or subfamilies. 

 Ord. 2. Chiroptera. 



Fam. 4. Vespertiliones (Vespertilionidse). 



Noctilionina (Cheiromeles Dysopes, Thyropte- 

 rus Stenoderma, IMyopteris, Aello Tapho- 

 zous ("Taphagous") Noctilio, Gcelano). 



