192 | MAMMALS. 
CATALOGUE OF THE MAMMALS 
RECOGNIZED BY THE AUTHOR OR OTHERS AS INHABITING SOUTH 
DEVON AND THE ADJACENT SEA. 
Those species marked with an asterisk have been found as yet 
only in South Devon, or off its coasts. 
PRIMATES.—Linvn. 
Vespertilo auritus.—Long-eared bat. Not un- 
common, but scarcer here than in many other parts 
of England. 
Vespertilio murinus.—Common bat, “ Shary, 
Runner or Shady mouse.” Very common in old 
buildings, hollow trees, caves, &c. This species is 
now the vespertilio pipistrellus of modern authors. 
I have reason to think a black variety sometimes 
occurs; one of this kind is in possession of Pincombe 
of Devonport. 
Vespertilio noctula— Great bat. Frequents the 
lime quarries near Plymouth, but is scarce. On 
July 25th I received from Richard Julian, esq. of 
Kstover House, two male specimens of this kind shot 
on his estate. Mr. J. states they were so rare that 
excepting one he saw about ten years since, they 
are the only specimens he has ever known. He 
thinks with Mr. White of Selbourne, they are the 
males of the common species ;—he has never seen 
a female specimen, while on the contrary, all those 
specimens of the common kind which he has seen 
were invariably of that very sex. Many were found 
in August some years ago amongst a large number 
