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SLOUCH-EARED CAT. 



Vespertilio Auripendulus. V. caudatus naso obtuso, auribus magnis 



dependentibus acuminatis. 

 Tailed Bat, with abtuse nose, and large pendent ears with pointed 



tips. 

 Slouch-eared Bat. Pennant Quadr. z. p. 313. 



With large pendulous ears, pointed at the 

 ends : nose obtuse : tail long, included in a menin 

 brane, and terminated with a hook : colour above 

 deep chesnut; lighter on the belly, and cinereous 

 on the sides: length three inches and four lines; 

 extent of wing fifteen inches. Native of Guiana. 



SLENDER-TAILED BAT- 



Vespertilio Lepturus. V. caudatus, naribics tubulatis, aurkulis longis, 

 obtusis operculatis, membrana utrique pedes connectenti annexe inte- 

 rim marsupio. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 50. 



Tailed Bat, with tubular nostrils, slender tail, and a purse-shaped 

 cavity on the interior part of each of the wings. 



Pouch Bat. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 312. 



Slender- tailed Bat. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 315. 



With the nose somewhat lengthened: the end 

 thickest, and beset with fine whiskers : the chin 

 divided by a furrow : ears long, and rounded at the 

 ends: on each wing, near the second joint, is a 

 small purse or pouch : the tail is only in part in- 

 volved by the membrane; the end hanging out: 



