MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Vefpertilio- 23 
Hind-legs very long, (lender, efpecially fi'oili the heel to the 
toes; /(j// long,' (lender. 
Inhabits Amboina, and the remoteft part of India : 6 inches long. 
Htad cinereous, reR of the body tawny mixed with alb ; face 
long, muzzle Hender 2 lobed; ears crea, broad, naked, with 
a tuft of long hair between on the top of the head ; fore-teeth 
2, tiifks 'thumb diftina-, toes 4, (lender, on each foot ; 
nails (hort, (harp, but on the great toes (lat, rounded ; kair 
long, foft, woolly; tail almoft naked, greater parts (caly, 
tufted at the end,' gi inches long, 
^•'ifienfdis Tail prehenfile. Maucauco. 
Inhabits Madagafcar : lively, rolls Itfelf up when alleep, carries 
its food in its hands, bites feverely, voice weak, not tameable, 
feeds on fruits. 
Hody upper parts cinereous, lower white, fpace roiind the eyes 
dark; Acflii rounded; mouth (harp; whifkers long; ears 
large, roundifh, naked, thin ; eyes large, full ; toes long, un- 
equal ; nails (hort, rounded, a (liarp long claw on the inner 
toe of the hind-paw ; tail hairy, long as the body : fze lefs 
than a ccHumon black rat. 
Solans, Tailed ; furrounded by a membrane formed for flying. 
Flying Maucauco. 
Inhabits Guzurat, Philippine, and Mollucca ifles, gregarious, 
noftumal, feeds on fruits. 
Membrane reaching from the head to the fore-feet, thence down 
the fides to the hind-feet, and extended to the tip of the tail ; 
nails acute; teats 2, peaoral •, head long; mouth, teeth, 
fmall ; ears fmall, round, membranous ; body and membrane 
on the ontfide covered with loft hoary or black and afli-co- 
loured hairs, inlide naked, fibrous ; toes 5f claws (lender, 
(harp, crooked; tail (lender', hairy: 3 feet long, the lame . 
expanded. 
4. VESPERTILIO. Teeth all ered, acumi- 
nate, approximate ; fore-feet palmate, 
formed for flying : a membrane fur- 
rounding the body. 
The animals of this genus fly abroad by night, by means of the 
above deferibed expanfile membrane i feed on moths, gna s 
5md noftumal infefts : torpid during, winter in cold countries, 
gathering together in dark caverns, (licking to walls, It^y 
pending bv the hind-legs : Irave a remarkable additional fenfe 
of avoiding objefts in their way when depnved of their eyes. 
A, Fore- 
