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TAB. V. 
VESPERTILIO Barbastellus. 
Class 1. Mammalia. Order l . Primates. 
Gen. Char. Teeth erect, acuminated, approximated. 
Fore feet fitted for flying, covered with a mem- 
brane. 
Spec. Char. Caudated. Cheeks tumid, hairy. Ears 
large, angulated near the base. Nose flat. Fore- 
head bald. Two inches long. 
Syn. V. Barbastellus. Gruel, v, l.p. 48. 
Barbastelle. Buff. Hist. Nat. viii. 130. t. 19./. 1. 
This new animal, now added to the British catalogue, was 
communicated by my friend Mr. Peete,F. L. S., of Dartford, 
to whom I applied to help me to the Horse-shoe Bat. He’ 
kindly used his interest at the powder-mills there, whence 
Ur- Latham used to procure it, and luckily sent me for it 
is more rare animal, the only one yet preserved or known 
in this country. 
Teeth small, all, except the canine, notched. Above the 
nose, to a little beyond the ears, it is bald and flat. The 
nose is smooth and concave. The ears are the length of the 
head, with a notch at each edge, undulated at the outer 
e dge, hairy at the back, and having an auricle within (in 
which it differs particularly from the Horse-shoe Bat) . The 
eyes are placed within the ear. The hair all over is dark 
brown at the base, and white at the tip. It is much smaller, 
and the teeth are sharper than in the Horse-shoe Bat. 
