MAMMALIA. ITOMATES. I, fc 

 CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



ORDER I. PRIMATES,, 



I. HOMO. Man. The image of his creator. 

 2. VESPERTILIO. Bat. 



1. V. auritus. Fron'-teeth in the upper-jaw 4, in the 



lower 6: tailed; nose without appendages: ears- 

 double, larger than fhe head. 



Long-eared B at. Pennant Zool. tab 13.71.40. 



Length barely 2 inc e»: expansion of the. wings 7 inches. 

 Body reddish mouse-colour: ears more than an inch long, round- 

 ed at the ends, with smaller supplemental ones within them, thin, 

 nearly transparent. 



2. V.mutinus. Front-teeth in the upper-jaw 4, in the 



lower 6 : tailed ; nose without appendage : ears less 

 than the head. 



Common Bat. Edwards, tab. 201./. 2. 



Length 2 inches and a half, extent 9 inches. 



Body mouse-coloured with a red-tinge : wings and ears blackish ; 

 ears small, rounded. 



3. V. Noctula. Front-teeth in the upper-jaw 4, in the 



lower 6: tailed; nose without appendage : ears oval, 

 with small valves. 



Great Bat. Perm Brit. Zool. tab. 13. n. 38. 



Length 4 inches and a half : extent 14 or 15 inches. 



Body chesnut, glossy, : nose slightly 2-lobed : mouth simple : chin 

 with a minute wart : ears small r rounded. 



4. V. Barbastdlm. Front teeth in the upper jaw 4, in the 



lower 6: tailed; cheeks tumid, hairy: ears large,- 

 angular near the base : forehead bald. 



Barbastelle Bat. Sciuerby Brit. Miscel. tab: 5. 



Length 2 inches, extent of wings about 10. 



Body dusky-brown, paler beneath: teeth all notched, except the 

 canine : fore-head flat and bald : nose smooth and concave ; ears 

 nearly surrounding the eyes, as long as the heady notched at each 

 edge, undulate on the outer margin, hairy, on the back, appendaged 

 within. 



5. y '. Ferrum cqwnum . Front-teeth in the upper-jaw none, 



in the lower 4 : nose horse-shoe-shaped : ears without 

 appendage, as long as the head : tail half as long as 

 the body. 



Horse-shoe Bat. Pennant. Brit. Zool. tab. 14. n. 39. 



Length 3 inches and a half, extent of wings 14. 



£Wydeep cinereous on the upper parts, whitish below: nose fur-- 

 nished with an upright membrane shaped like a horse-shoe : ears 

 large, acute, broad at the base, remote from the eyes, inclining 

 backwards, not appendaged within; tail pointed. 



ORDER II FERjE,, 

 3. PHOCA. Seal. 



6. Ph.vituUna^ Brown, without ears: head and neck- 



smooth. 



