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ORDER CHIROPTERA^MORMOOPS.— EMBALLONURA. 
^Tote — Le Taphien filet, (Geoffr. Descr. d’Egypte, pi. I. fig. 1,) 
does not appear to be specifically distinct from Taphozous perforatus. 
obliquely, and are sharp. The lower ones are uniform in size, and tri- 
lobed. 
GENUS XX. MORMOOPS.— MORMOOPS BATS. 
Syn, LiES Mormoofs. — Cuv. Keg. Anlm. I. 120.^Fr. Cuv. Dents des Mam. 
52. 
Moemoofs. — Leach, Linn. Trans. XIII. 76. — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 124. 
Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot. II. 491. 
GENEKIC CHAEACTEES. 
The Dental Formula (See Leach.) 
|2+6 M 16 ^ 
»| 2-fC+(.^F4..1 )M 18 „„ A' , c 
I q-C+(3F+3)M =I8=^^- 
Cuvier, who says he had it from Leach. 
The Ears large and coalescing ; the tragus conspicuous. Forehead 
abruptly elevated. 
The Nose-leaf single, erect, and conjoined to the ears. 
The Tail not extending beyond two thirds of the interfemoral mem- 
brane ; last joint free. 
Inhabits Jamaica. 
The Mormoops Bats have four incisors in each jaw, the upper 
being of considerable size, and the lower trilobed ; their cranium is 
singularly elevated like a pyramid, above the muzzle ; and from 
each side of the nose there projects a triangular membrane, which 
coalesces with the ear. 
Though this Genus was established by Dr Leach with all due care, yet 
his materials were very scanty, and it evidently requires revision. As 
stated by Mr Gray, the genus described by M. F. Cuvier under this name 
appears quite different from that of Dr Leach. This gentleman’s de- 
scription is lucid, and the plate of the single species on which the genus 
was founded is excellent ; it contains four figures; the face ; a back view 
of the whole animal ; the cranium ; and the dental apparatus. The 
upper incisors are very unequal, the central being much the broadest, 
and having a deep notch in the middle j the outer ones are small, point 
1. MORMOOPS BLAINVILLIL— DE BLAINVILLE’S MORMOOPS 
BAT. 
Syn. Leach, in Linn. Trans. XIII. 76 — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 124. Gray, Loc. 
CiL et Anna). ; Nat. Hist. IV. 3. 
Jeon. Leach, Loc. Cit. pi. 7. 
SFECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
The Head nearly globular. The Nose rounded above, and obliquely 
truncated below. 
The Ears very large and broad, united on the forehead ; the tragus 
lunated. 
The Lips variously expanded, and tuberculous. 
The Interfemoral Membrane very large, truncated at the ex- 
tremity. 
The Heel-bone very long, and marginal. 
Inhabits Jamaica and Cuba. 
Mr Macleay having lately sent home a specimen of this Bat from Cuba, 
Mr Gray has been enabled very considerably to add to the information 
respecting the animal previously possessed, and which was confined to 
Dr Leach's notice. Mr Gray states that it has scarcely a true nose-leafj 
and that it is closely allied to the Taphozoi. The head is nearly globular, 
with a produced muzzle. The nose is rounded above, with three warts 
on each side, and obliquely truncated below, with a longitudinal central 
rib, and a transverse rib between the margin and nostrils. The lips are 
variously expanded, and so complicated that they can scarcely be described 
by words. The large ears are dependent over the face ; the lower side is 
expanded, and continued into the folded lower lip. The tragus is lunate ; 
the antetragus large and tubercular. The wings are long, rather wide, 
hairy beneath near the sides. The interfemoral membrane fiirnished 
with many transverse lines ; the tail is long, witli the last joint free. 
Mr Macleay’s specimen was killed in his bed-room. Dr Leach’s was 
sent from Jamaica by Mr Lewis. 
TRIBE IV.— MONOPHALANGIA ANISTIOPHORA. 
Syn. Anistiophori, (in part.) — Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras. 
Vespertilionina. — Gray, in Mag. Zool. and Bot. 11. — Less. Mam. 
CHARACTERS OF THE TRIBE. 
The Index with only one ossified phalanx; the other fingers with two. 
The Nose without any leafy appendage. 
GENUS XXI. EMBALLONURA.— LONG-NOSED BATS. 
Syn. Emballonora.— Kuhl,'in Ann. Weterauischen Gesellschaft 1. — Temm. 
Mon. Mam. I. 18. 
PROBOsaDEA. — Spix, Vesp. Bras.— Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot. II. 499. 
Vespertiuo, (in part) — Pr. Max. Abbild. — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 115. 
generic CHARACTERS. 
The Dental Formula ’)?i£i(Zi^!2H=:l^=34 
|3-fC-f(F-}-4}M 18 
The Head long and conical ; Forehead flat. 
The Muzzle long; the Upper-jaw the longest. 
The Tail long, and partially involved in the interfemoral membrane. 
Inhabit Brazil, and the Indian Archipelago. 
That the small group of Bats included under the appellation Emballo- 
nura were entitled to a separate generic distinction, seems first to have 
been recognized by M. Spix, who applied to it tlie name of Proboscidea. 
As the Baron Cuvier, however, had applied this same term to a family 
of the Pachydermata, this proposal could with no propriety he enter- 
tained ; and hence, Kuhl, it would appear, was prompted to introduce 
anotlier, and less objectionable one, wliich has been adopted by Tem- 
minck, though, in liis published writings, nothing further than a mere indi- 
cation is supplied. The upper incisors, it would appear, are very small, 
distant, and diverging; whilst the lower are lobed, and placed in a semi- 
circle. 
1. EMBALLONURA SAXATILIS.— THE ROCK LONG-NOSE 
BAT. 
Syn. et Icon. Emballonura SaxatiLis. — Temm. Mon. Mam. I. 18. 
Proboscidea Saxatit.is. — Spix, Sim, Bras. 62. — Gray, Mag. 
Zool. and Bot. 11. 499. 
Vespebtilio Naso — P r, Max. Abbild,— Rcise Nach Bras. Bd. 
I. 231. 
specific characters. 
The Hair brown above, streaked with grey ; ash-cbloured beneath. 
The Nose with its tip prolonged ; the spur is also long. 
The Interfemoral Membrane is truncated; The Tail somewhat 
free at its tip. 
Inhabits Brazil. 
Prince Maximilian informs us that this small Bat is very abundant in 
numerous districts of the Brazils. During the day it is usually seen 
hanging to tlie great trunks of the trees of the virgin forests, or to the 
sharp rocks which overliang the rivers, where it enjoys the freshness of 
the stream, and does not quit its retreat till the evening twilight. 
2. EMBALLONURA RIVALI&— THE RIVER LONG-NOSE BAT. 
Syn. Proboscidea iuvalis. — Spix, Vesp. Bras. p. 62.— Gray, Mag. Zool. and 
BoL II. 499. 
Vespertiuo RivAUs. — Fisch. Syn. Mam. p. 116. 
Icon. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
The Hair dark brown above, light brown beneath. 
