MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Bat. 



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125 17. Senegal Bat. — 16. VefpertUio nigritia. 16. 



Has a tail : The anterior part of the head is of a yellowifh brown colour; and the feet 

 and tail are black. Schreber, i. 171. tab. lviii. 



Marmotte volante. Daubenton, aft. Parif. 1759. p. 385. — Senegal bat. Sir.. Buff. v. 302. 

 pi. cxxxvi. Perm. hlft. of quad. n. 400. 



Inhabits Africa, near the river Senegal. — The head is longifh, with a fomewhat pointed nofe ; the 

 'ears are rather fhort, and pointed ; the body and head are of a tawny, or yellowifh, brown, mixed 

 ■with afh colour ; and the belly is paler ; the length is about four inches, or rather more, and the 

 .membrane meafures near twenty-one inches when extended. 



E. Having two fore teeth in the upper, and four in the lower jaw. 



18. Bull-dog Bat. — 17. Vefpertilio Molojfus. 17. 



Has a tail: The tail is long, and reaches beyond the membrane which connects it with 

 the hind legs ; and the upper lip is pendulous. Pallas, fpecileg. ill. 8. 

 £ull-dog bat. Sm. Buff. v. 303. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 399. 



Inhabits the Weft India iflands. — Of this fpecieslhe two following varieties are known. 



126 a. Greater Bull-dog Bat. — 17. a. V. Mol. major. 



Is of a brown-afh colour, on the upper parts of the body, and afh coloured on the un- 

 der parts, having the middle of the belly of a brown colour. Schreber, i. 171. 172. 

 tab. lix. fig. infer. 



Mulot volant. Daubenton, a£t. Parif. 1759, p. 387 — Bull-dog bat. Sm. Buff. v. 303. pi. exxxvii, 

 fig- i- 



The muzzle is very thick, with long lips, and a handfome nofe. The ears ate broad, and round, 

 with their edges touching under the fore-head, having a fold forwards below the place of contact, 

 and a concavity within the ear, on each fide of this fold : The crown and hind part of the head, the 

 top and fides of the neck, the moulders, the back and the rump, are of a brownifh afh colour ; the 

 middle of the belly is brown, and the reft of the belly, the bread and throat, are of an unmixed afh 

 colour; the fore legs and toes are cinereous, and the membrane and tail are black: Five falfe verte- 

 brae of the tail extend beyond the membrane : The iength, from the muzzle to the rump, is about 

 two inches. 



[27 /3 Lefler Bull- dog Bat. — 17. |2. V. Mol. minor. 



Is of a mixed brownifh and afh colour, on the upper parts of the body, and a dirty 

 white on the lower parts. Schreber, i. 171. 172. tab. lix. fig. fup. Sm. Buff. v. 304. pi. exxxvii. 

 fig- 2. 



This animal feems to be of the fame fpecies with, the preceding, but is fmaller, being about an 



inch and two-thirds long. The head is lefs plump, the muzzle fmaller, and the nofe more eleg?.nt-> 



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