TERNATE BAT. 
Though, with the figure, we have taken 
the name, of this curious animal, from Pen- 
nant; it is to be observed, that there are two 
Ternate Bats, called by BufFon, and others, the 
Rousette, and the Rougette, and that the first 
of these is what we have represented. It is 
the Vespertilis Vampyrus, of Linnsus ; the 
Canis Volans Tematanus Orientalis, of Seba; 
the Great Bat, of Edwards, and of the British, 
Ashmolean, and Leverian Museums; the Pte- 
ropus Rufiis, of Brisson ; the Vespertilio In- 
gens, of Clusius ; and the Rousette, of Buf- 
fon, Schreber, &c. 
*' The Rousette," says Pennant, " is a Bat 
with large canine teeth ; four cutting teeth 
above, and the same below. It has a sharp 
black nose, and laro^c naked cars. The 
tongue is pointed, and terminated by sharp 
aculeated papillae. The exterior toe is de- 
tached from the membrane ; and the claw is 
strong and hooked. There are five toes on 
the 
