92 MAMMALIA.- PRIMATES. Bat. 



fhaped, with large, open, very erect ears ; and the nofe is much deformed. It is faid to open a vein 

 with great dexterity in horfes, mules, and even men, while they fleep, and to fu.ck the blood, fo as 

 to__debilitate, or even to kill them, fanning the air all the time with its wings. It is about the fize 

 of a- pigeon, according to Seba's figure, the body and head being feven and a half inches long, and 

 the extent of the wings two feet two inches. 



no 3. Spear-nofed Bat. — 3. Vefpertilio perfpkillatus. 3.. 



Has no tail : The nofe has a flat, pointed, leaf-like membrane at its extremity. 

 Muf. Ad. Frid. 7. Schreber, i. 160. tab. xlvi. A. 



Common American bat. Seba, Muf. i. 90. t. 55. f. 2. 

 Inhabits South America. — Has five toes on the fore feet, which are fpread out in the membrane. 



ill 4. Heart- nofed Bat. — 4. Vefpertilio fpcf ma. 4. 



Has no tail : The nafal membrane is heart fhaped. Schreber, i. 158. tab. xlviii. 



- Taillefs bat, having a foliated nofe, and very large ears with flaps in the infide. Gronov. zooph. i. 

 '.7. n. 27. — Reddifh bat, having the ears and nofe double. Briff. quad. 161. n. 4. — Glis volans, 

 from Ternate. Seb. Muf. i. 90. t. 56. f. 1. — Cordated bat. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 397. 



Inhabits Ceylon and the Molucca iflands. — The fore feet have each five toes fpread out in the 

 membrane ; the colour of the body is a very pale reddifh, and that of the face a little darker ; the 

 hind legs are connected by the membrane. 



112 5. Javelin Bat. — 5. Vefpertilio haflatus. 7. 



Has no tail : The nafal membrane refembles a leaf of trefoil. Schreber, i. 161. tab. xlvi. 

 B. 



Fer de lance, or Javelin bat. Sm. Buff. vii. 235. pi. ccxxxi. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 395. 



Inhabits South America. — Is of a dark brown or black colour, about the fize of a common bat ; 

 and very much refemblcs the fpear-nofed bat. 



I j .7 6. Leaf*- nofed Bat. — 6. Vefpertilio foricinus. S. 



Has no tail : The muzzle is much lengthened, and the nafal membrane is of a heart 

 fhape. Pallas, fpecileg. zool. iii. 24. t. iii. Schreber, i. 161. tab. xlvii. 



Short-tailed bat, having a fharp muzzle furmounted with a leaf-like membrane, and rounded, 

 almoft fimple ears. Crenov. zooph. 7. n. 26. — Common American bat. Edw. av. v. 20 1. t. 201. — ■ 

 Leaf bat. Sm. Burr", vii. 235. pi. cexxxiii. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 396. 



Inhabits South America, Jamaica, Surinam, and Senegal. —Has a very fliort tail ; and the tongue 

 is furnifhed with fharp pointed papillae: It is about the fize of a common bat ; the ears are final] 

 and rounded ; the hind legs are connected by the membrane ; the fur is of a moufe colour, 



tinged 



