LEAF BAT. 141 
Seba's figure the membrane is doubly heart- 
shaped^ or with two cordated divisions one above 
the other). The colour of the whole animal is a 
pale reddish brown : the hind legs are connected 
by a web : the body is thick and plump : the ex- 
tent of wing, according to Seba s figure^ seems to 
be about fifteen inches : length of body from nose 
to rump near four inches. Native of Ceylon and 
the Molucca islands. 
LEAF BAT. 
Vespertillo Soricinus. F, ecaudatus, rostra producto, naso foliato 
cordato. Lin. Syst, Nat, Gmel. p. 47. 
Tailless Bat, with lengthened snout furnished with a heart- 
shaped leaf-like membrane. 
Leaf Bat. Pennant ^adr. 2. p. 309. 
Bat from Jamaica. Ed'wards, pL 201. f. i. 
With small rounded ears: membrane on the 
nose in form of an ovate, pointed leaf : a web be- 
tween the hind legs: fur of a mouse- colour, tinged 
with red : size of a common Bat. 
