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SLOUCH-EARED BAT. 
Vespertilio Auripendulus. F. caudatm naso obtusoy auribus magnis 
dependentibus acuminatis. 
Tailed Bat^ with abtuse nose, and large pendent ears with pointed 
tips. 
Slouch-eared Bat. Pennant ^adr. 2. p. 313. 
With large pendulous ears, pointed at the 
ends: nose obtuse: tail lono- included in a mem- 
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. F. caudatus, naribus tubulatis^ auriculis longisy 
obtusis operculatis, membranee utrique pedes connect ent i annexe inte- 
rius 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 ^adr. 2. p. '3,12. 
Slender-tailed Bat. Pennant ^adr. 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 joints is a 
small purse or pouch : the tail is only in part in- 
volved by the membrane ; the end hanging out: 
