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VERTEBRATA. 
the body blacSiisla brown, with a grayish tinge given by long hairs tipped with white. It is the 
largest species of the Middle States, and often flies by day. It is thinly scattered over a very wide 
range. The other species of this region are the Little Brown Bat, V. suhulatus, Silver-haired 
Bat, V. nocMvagans^ and Carolina Bat, V. Carolinensis. The V. monticole and V. Virginianus are 
found in Virofinia and further South. There are several other bats found in the Southern States, 
but not of this genus. They are the Molossus cynocephalus and M. fuliginosus ; the Plecotua 
Lecontei and P. Townsendi. 
VESPEUTJLio DISCOLOR. — (See p. 134). 
Genus MOLOSSUS : Molossus. — The bats ©f this genus are remarkable for their large heads, ^ 
round ears, thick lips, the upper one more or less fringed, and the saw -like form of their hinder 
fingers. They are hideous-looking creatures, flying with rapidity, and walking with more facility 
than most other bats. They are of middling size, and inhabit both torrid and temperate regions. 
VESPEKTiLio MtiRTNtrs. — (Ses p. 134.) 
The species are as follows : The Collared Bat, M. torquatus, which has the external finger of its 
hinder feet set like an opposable thumb, found in Borneo ; the M. Dauhentonii, called the Flying 
Rat, in Senegal; the if. mojys, in Sumatra; the if. plicatus, in Bengal; the M. y^gyptiacus, in 
Egypt and the vicinity ; and the M. acetahuloms, in the Isle of France. The if. Cestoni is found 
in Italy ; the M. -ursinus, M. rufus, if. velox, if. ohsctirus, and if. nasutus are of South America. 
