VESPERTILIO MURINUS. — VESPERTILIO BECHSTEINII. 9 



Crimea and in Carniola. In Belgium, according to M. de 

 Selys Longchamps, it is common everywhere. 



Vespertilio murinus. 



Vespertilio murinus, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 200 ; Bell, Brit. Quad. 

 Vespertilio myotis, Temm. Monog. vol. ii. p. 177 ; Buou. Faun. Ital. 



(figured). 

 La Chauve Souris, Buffon. 



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Desckiption. — False molars jjz^j". Face almost naked ; 

 forehead very hairy ; eyes rather large, with a few dusky 

 hairs immediately above them ; ears inclining backwards, 

 as long as the head, oval, naked, greyish-ash colour exter- 

 nally, yellowish within; tragus falciform, about half the 

 length of the auricle. Fur pale reddish brown above, be- 

 neath dirty white, inclining to yellowish; wings brownish. 



Length of head and body, 3 inches 5 lines ; head, 11 lines ; 

 tail, 1 inch 8 lines ; ears, 11^ lines ; tragus, 5 lines ; thumb, 

 5 lines ; extent of wings, 15 inches. 



Flies very late in the evening. 



Is very rare in Britain, although it is one of the com- 

 monest Bats in France and Germany ; is less abundant in 

 Italy. In Russia, Pallas gives it as not uncommon in the 

 more southern parts, especially in the country of the Cos- 

 sacks of the Ural, and in the Crimea. It is probably dis- 

 tributed over the whole, or nearly the whole of Europe. 



Vespertilio Bechsteinii. 



Vespertilio Beohsteinei, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 201 ; Bell, Brit. Quad. ; 

 Temm. Monog. vol. ii. p. 184. 



Description. — Three false molars on each side. Allied to 

 V. murinus, but distinguished by its smaller size, relatively 

 longer ears, and very slender thumb. Face almost naked ; 

 muzzle long and conical ; ears oval, somewhat longer than 



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