ZOOLOGY. 



longer, extended, compressed, parallel, approximate 5 

 iiisks solitary, approximate ; grinders many, subiobate, 

 the foremost longer, and sharper. 



This genus, like the preceding, is confined to the warmer 

 parts of the globe: they usually nestle in trees, and are 

 mostly frugivorous. Several of the species are easily tamed. 



4. Galeopithecus. Colugo. Front teetli^ in the upper jaw 



wanting; in the lower six, short, broad, distant, pec- 

 tinated; tusks short, broad, triangular, sharp, serrated; 

 grinders four, truncafed, muricated with conical pro- 

 tuberances; body and limbs surrounded with a ^wew- 

 brane, by which the animal supports itself as with 

 v/ings. 



In habits it resembles the Macancos^ from which genus 

 this (the only species) has been removed, on account of the 

 difi'erences pboye enumerated in their generic characters. 



5. Fespertilio. Bat. Teeth all erect, sharp-pointed, ap- 



pioxiiiicte; fore-fect pain ated ; bodi/ furnished with a 

 flying membrane^ as in the last genus. 



The wnj-'le family of Bats are nocturnal, or only make 

 their appearance in the dusk of evening; their food consists 

 of winged insects; some of the larger kinds will devour 

 Mice and other small quadrupeds; and they are the prey 

 of Owls. Their haunts are in dark noisome places, in 

 caverns, vaults, and rui.ied buildings ; they are easily obtained 

 in their torpid state, which, in those species that inhabit the 



