NTCTERIS THEBAICA. 
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NYCTEEIDJE. 
Muzzle traversed by a longitudinal furrow. Nostrils deep in the beginning of the 
furrow, which expands posteriorly on the forehead into a deep pit; sides of the furrow 
margined by valvular folds. Ears large, separate, but united at their bases over the 
forehead by a low transverse membrane; tragus short, more or less rounded. Eyes 
very minute. Tail long, well-developed, and reaching beyond the end of the inter- 
femoral membrane; terminal vertebra T-shaped. Second digit of manus represented 
only by the metacarpal. Premaxillae ossified. Upper incisors present. No pubic teats. 
Dentition : i, c. J, pm. |, m. ? = 32. 
Distribution .—The African continent and Arabia; and in the Oriental Eegion in 
the Malay Peninsula and Java only. 
NYCTERIS. 
Nycteris (Geoffrey St.-Hil.), Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xv. 1803, p. 501. 
Characters, those of the family. 
Nycteris thebaica, E. Geoffr. (Plate XVII. fig. 2.) 
Nycteris thebaica, E. Geoffr. St.-Hil. Ann. du Mus. xx. 1813, p. 20, pi. i. (fig. of head) ; Descr. 
de FEgypte, Hist. Nat. ii. 1818, p. 119, Atlas, pi. i. nos. 2 and 2', & pi. iv. nos. 1 to 1"; 
Sund. Kgl. Ak. Handl. Stockh. (1842), 1843, p. 198 ; Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. Suppl. i. 
1840, p. 438; id. op. cit. v. 1855, p. 645; Ruppell, Mus. Senck. iii. 1845, p. 155; Eitz. & 
Heugl. SB. Ak. Wien, liv. i. 1866, p. 547; Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1870, p. 903; Heuglin, Reise 
Nordost-Afr. 1877, ii. p. 18; Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. 1878, p. 165; Giglioli, Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Genov. (2) vi. 1888, p. 26; Dobson, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) ii. (xxii.) 1885, p. 17; Nehring, 
Kat. Saugeth. Kgl. Landwirth. Hocbsch. 1886, p. 4; Monticelli, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. 
(2) V. (xxv.) 1887—88, p. 522; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. (2) i. 1890, p. 5 ; Yerbury & Thomas, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 546; Thomas, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) xvii. (xxxvii.) 1896-97, 
p. 105. 
Nycteris geoffroyi, Desm. Mamm. 1820, p. 127; Eitz. & Heugl. SB. Ak. Wien, liv. i. 1866, p. 547. 
Nycteris albiventer,N[a,^nev, Sebreb. Saugeth. Suppl. i. 1840, p. 439; Eitz. & Heugl. SB. Ak. 
Wien, liv. i. 1866, p. 547. 
Nycteris labiata, Heuglin, Nov. Act. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. xxix. 1861, p. 5 ; id. Reise N.O.-Afr. 
ii. 1877, p. 18. 
(?) Nycteris angolensis, Peters, MB. Ak Berl. 1870, p. 903. 
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