9^ MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Bat. 



that their lower edges touch each other and conceal the face ; the upper part of the body is of a 

 dulky brown, and the lower of a mixed afli and brown colour : It is about two inches long, and ten 

 and a half in extent. 



12% 15. Bearded Bat.— 14. Vefpertilio hifpidus. 14. 



Has a tail, and is covered with a rough fur : The noftrils are open, all up the nofe, like 

 a gutter ; and the ears are long, erect, and narrow. Schreber, i. 169. tab. Ivi. 



Campagnol volant. Daubenton, act. Parif. 1759. p. 388. — Bearded bat. Sm. Buff. v. 305. 

 pi. cxxxviii. fig. 1. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 402. 



Inhabits Africa, near the river Senegal. — This fpecies has a longilh beard under the chin : The 

 nofe has hardly any cartilage, and the noftrils are placed on each fide in a fmall open gutter, which 

 reaches the whole length of the nofe, and is terminated, at the lower part of its external edge, by a 

 fmall button -, the external edges of this gutter unite above the upper lip, and form a large furrow, 

 which extends to the fore-head, and ends in a deep naked p'lt edged with long hair : The hair is long- 

 ilh and rough ; on the top and hind parts of the head, on the neck, fhoulders, back, and rump, of a 

 reddifli brown \ the reft is whitifli, tinctured with yellow ; the ears and membranes have different 

 fhades of blackifh and reddifh brown ; the tail is inclofed, to its tip, in the membrane •, the claws are 

 yellowifh : The length of the body is about one inch and a half, and the extent of the wings fevea 

 inches. 



C. Having four fore teeth in the upper, and eight in the lower jaw. 



123 16. Striped bat. — 15. Vefpertilio piclus. 15. 



Has a tail : The muzzle is fimple ; the ears are funnel fhaped, and provided with a 

 little appendage on the infide. Gronov. zooph. 7. n. 25. Pallas fpecil. iii. 7. Schreber, i. 170. 

 tab. xlix. 



Ternatebat. Seba, Muf. i. 91. t. 56. f. 2. 3. — Mufcardin volant. Daubenton, Aft. Parif. 1759, 

 p. 388 Striped bat. Sm, Buff., v. 306. pi. cxxxviii. fig. 2. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 404. 



Inhabits Ceylon, where it is named Kirkuoula by the natives. — The nofe is very fmall ; the ears 

 va-e broad, fhort, and pointing forwards ; the front, top of the head, neck, fhoulders, back, and rump, 

 are of a whitifli yellow colour ; the under jaw, breaft, and belly, are bluifh, tinged with yellow ; the 

 membrane and tail are mixed yellow and brown, ftriped with black : It is about two inches long from 

 the muzzle to the rump. 



j 24 /3. Reddifh ftriped Bat. — Vefp. pidlus rubellus. 



Exactly like the former, but having the upper parts of the body of a clear reddiila 

 brown, and the lower parts whitifh. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 558. 



D, Having two fore- teeth in the upper jaw, and fix in the lower. 



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