Dr Davy on the Temperature of Man and other Animals . 39 
1st, Of the Temperature of the Mammalia . 
I may premise, that, in my experiments on the mammalia, 
with a few exceptions that will be particularly noticed, the tem- 
perature of each animal was ascertained by introducing a ther- 
mometer into the rectum ; and I may extend the remark to the 
experiments on birds : and I may farther premise, that, when the 
contrary is not noticed, the subject of the experiments appeared 
to be healthy. 
Monkey ( Simia Aygula ).—At Colombo, on the 30th of May, 
air 86°, the temperature of this animal, full grown, in the 
axilla, was 1044° ; and, in recto , only 103^°. 
At Amarapoora, in the Kandian country, on the 1st of June, 
air 73°, the temperature of another full grown monkey of the 
same kind, in the axilla, was 101°. 
Pangolin ( Manis pentadactyla ). — At Colombo, on the 4th 
of November, air 80°, the temperature of a young pangolin, 
apparently sickly, was only 90°. 
Bat. — In the neighbourhood of Colombo, on the 27th of 
September, air 82°, the temperature of one bat was 100°, and 
that of another 101°. The instant the animals were killed, the 
thermometer was introduced into the cavity of the abdomen. 
The species resembles the Vespertilio peruviana of Linnaeus, 
but it is much smaller. 
V. Vampirus. — At Colombo, on the 15th of October, air 70°, 
the temperature of this animal, ascertained in the same way as 
the preceding, was 100°. 
Squirrel (Sciurus getulus? ).— At Colombo, on the 19th of 
October, air 81°, the temperature of this animal was 102°. 
At the same place, on the 29th of September, air 84°, the 
temperature of a large black squirrel was 106°, in the thick fur 
of the groin. 
Common Rat. — At Colombo, on the 8th of February, air 80°, 
the temperature of this animal was 102°. 
Common Hare. — -At Colombo on 16th of June, air 80°, the 
temperature of this animal in the groin was 100°. 
Ichneumon. — At Colombo, on the 4th of November, air 81°, 
the temperature of this animal was 103°. 
