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THE MAMMALS OF EGYPT. 
Plecotus auritus, Linn. (Plate XVII. fig. 3.) 
Vespertilio auritus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1766, p. 47; Schreber, Saugeth. i. 1775, p. 163, tab. 50; 
Erxleben, Syst. An. 1777, p. 141; Zimm. Geogr. Gescli. ii. 1780, p. 411 ; Becbstein, Natur- 
gesch. i. 1801, p. 1143; Hermann, Obs. Zool. 1804, i. p. 16; E. Geoffr. St.-Hil. Ann. du 
Mus. viii. 1806, p. 197; Kuhl, Deutsch. Flederm. 1817, p. 19; Desm. Mamra. 1820, p. 144; 
Temm. Monogr. Mamm. ii. 1835-41, p. 181, pi. 48. fig. 4 (head). 
Vespertilio auritus, var. aegyptius, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 117. 
Vespertilio auritus, var. austriacus, Fischer, op. cit. p. 117. 
Plecotus auritus, E. Geoffr. St.-Hil. Descr. de PEgypte, Hist. Nat. ii. 1818, p. 118; Atlas, pi. 2. 
nos. 3 and 4; Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 1822, p. 179, pi. i. fig. 1; Gi’ay, Zool. Journ. ii. 1825, 
p. 109; Fleming, Brit. An. 1828, p. 7; Jenyns, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. 1833, p. 54; Bonap. 
Fauna Ital. 1832-41, p. 98; Sowerby, Lond. & Edin. Phil. Mag. (new ser.) viii. 1836, 
p. 265; McGillivray, Jard. Nat. Lib. vii. 1838, p. 85; Keys. & Blasius, YVTegm. Arch. 
1839, p. 306 ; Blasins, Fauna Deutsch. 1857, p. 39 (woodcut) ; Giebel, Saugeth. 1859, 
p. 933; Kinahan, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Dublin, ii. 1859, p. 154; Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. 
Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 35 ; Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1866, p. 18 ; Tristram, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, 
p. 92; Jerdon, Mamm. Ind. 1867, p. 47; Loche, Expl. Sc. de FAlg., Mammif. 1867, p. 78; 
Bell, Brit. Quad. 1874, 2nd ed. p. 72; Hutton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 704; Dobson, 
Monogr. As. Chir. 1876, p. 84; Cat. Chir. B. M. 1878, p. 178; Anders. Cat. Mamm. Ind. 
Mus. i. 1881, p. 123 ; Scully, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 199; Lataste, Vert, de Barbaric, Mamm. 
1885, p. 66 ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind., Mamm. 1888-91, p. 297 ; Siepi, C. R. Congr. Int. de 
Zool., Paris, 1889, p. 53; Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 6; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. 
1897, p. 104. 
Vespertilio otus, Boie, Isis, 1825, p. 1206. 
Vespertilio cornutus, Faber, Bull. Sc. Nat. (Ferussac), ix. 1826, p. 341; Isis, 1826, p. 515. 
Plecotus communis, Lesson, Man. de Mamm. 1827, p. 95; Gray, List of Mamm. B. M. 1843, 
p. 25. 
Vespertilio brevimanus, Jenyns, Bull. Sc. Nat. (Ferussac), xxiv. 1831, p. 139 ; Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xvi. 1833, p. 55. 
Plecotus cegyptiacus , Is. Geoffr. St.-Hil. Mag. Zool. (Guerin), 1832, pi. 3; Fitz. & Heugl. SB. 
k. Akad. Wien, liv. i. 1866, p. 545. 
Plecotusperonii, Is. Geoffr. St.-Hil. Mag. Zool. (Guerin), 1832, pi. 3. fig. 1. 
Plecotus christii. Gray, Mag. Zool. Bot. ii. 1838, p. 495; List Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 25. 
Plecotus honapartii. Gray, Mag. Zool, Bot. ii. 1838, p. 495. 
1 . Mena House Hotel, 
i ^ . Second Pyramid, Gizeh. 
1 ^ . Minia. Major R. H. Brown, R.E., C.M.G. 
1 . Tomb of Seti the First. Thebes. 
1 2 . Tor, Sinaitic Peninsula. 
Ears nearly as long as the body and head, ovate, broadly rounded at their tips. 
