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1831. Bonaparte — Continued. 

 Ord. 2. Chiroptera — Continued. 



Fam. 4. Vespertiliones (Vespertilionidse) — Continued. 



Vespertilionina (Proioscidea, Diclidurus, Ves- 



pertilio, Furia, Plecotus, Barbastellus) . 

 Pteropina (Pteropus, Cynopterus, Macroglos- 



sus, Harpyia, Cephalotes). 

 Phyllostomina (Phyllostoma, Vampyrus, Des- 

 modus, Glossophaga, Rhinopoma, Mormops, 

 Megaderma, Nyctophilus, Nyctinomus) . 

 Khinolophina (Rhinolophus Phyllorrhina) . 

 1838. Bonaparte, Synopsis Vertebratorum Systematis. (Nuovi 

 Annali delli Scienze Naturali, Bologna, Anno I, Tomo II, pp. 105- 

 113.) The subdivisions of the Chiroptera are now as follows : 

 Pteropodidae. 



Pteropodina. 

 Vespertilionidse. 

 Noctilionina. 

 Vespertilionina. 

 Bhionolophina. 

 Rhinopomina. 

 Vampiridse. 

 Vampirina. 

 1838. Gray, A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae), 

 and the description of some new genera and species. (Mag. Zool. and 

 Bot., II, pp. 486-505, December, 1838.) In again dealing with the 

 classification of bats Gray abandoned his earlier plan and adopted 

 the main divisions introduced by Spix. As thus modified the arrange- 

 ment of the group was as follows. The number of genera had now 

 been increased to 47 : 



Family Vespertilionidse. 



A. Istiophori. 



Tribe I. Phyllostomina. 

 Tribe II. Rhinolophina. 



B. Anistiophori. 



Tribe III. Vespertilionina. 

 Tribe IV. Noctilionina. 

 Tribe V. Pteropina. 

 1840. Wagner, Schreber's Saugthiere. (Supplement, I.) The fly- 

 ing lemurs are. again associated with the bats. 

 Ord. Volitantia. 



I. Unterord. Dermoptera. 



II. Unterord. Chiroptera. 



