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THE MAMMALS OF EGYPT. 
11 13 
Dentition : i. c. pm. 2 , m. g = 28. 
Upper incisors simple, cylindrical, far removed from the canines, directed outwards 
and downwards. Upper premolar very large, very much longer than the molars, with a 
])rominent cusp anteriorly at its base. Lower incisors broad, moderately tritid. First 
lower premolar well developed, not so long as the molars. Second lower premokr 
cylindrical, resembling a canine, and as long as the molars. 
Females with prepubic teats in addition to the pectoral mammae. 
Measurements (in millim.). 
Snout to vent. 
Vent to tip of tail . . 
Free portion of tail.. 
Length of forearm.. 
Males. 
3. 
3. 
3. 
3. 
1. 
3. 
3. 
7. 
4. 
49 
52 
52 
54 
54 
55 
55 
56 
58 
60 
62 
61 
61 
50 
57 
59 
76 
71 
50 
46 
47 
47 
, , 
45 
45 
59 
56 
51 
51 
54 
54 
53 
52 
57 
56 
4. 
7. 
4. 
4. 
4. 
>2_ 
5. 
3. 
10. 
59 
59 
60 
60 
61 
65 
68 
71 
76 
71 
63 
76 
71 
73 
71 
66 
73 
60 
54 
51 
61 
57 
58 
56 
50 
55 
42 
56 
57 
60 
58 
60 
61 
66 
71 
66 
Females. 
9. 3. 6. 3. 3. 9. 9. 4. 4. 6. 4. 6. 6. S. 7. 8. 8. 8. 4. 2. 7. 
Snout to vent. 47 48 50 51 51 52 52 53 54 54 55 56 57 57 57 57 59 60 61 66 63 
Vent to tip of tail .. 60 54 61 61 57 59 59 63 62 .. 68 57 60 68 64 66 68 66 57 67 59 
Free portion of tail.. 52 44 50 50 44 51 50 51 48 .. 55 46 46 56 49 47 57 50 50 55 43 
Length of forearm .. 50 50 52 51 51 50 50 53 54 52 52 54 54 56 56 54 57 59 57 62 65 
The numbers over the columns indicate the following localities :— 
1. Egypt, Geoffrey’s specimen. 6. Thebes. 
2. India : type of R. hardwicTcii, Gray. 7. Mt. Quarantanla, Palestine. 
3. Assuan. Midian, Catacombs of Maghair. 
4. Pyramids of Gizeh. 0. Maskat, Arabia. 
5. Cairo. 10. Each, Sindh. 
The fact that the smallest and also the largest Egyptian males are from one and the 
same tomb, the series of measurements ranging from 49 to 71 mm. are merely indicative 
of difference of age, but, as shown above, 76 mm. is about the maximum length of the 
body and head of this bat in Egypt and in India. The difference between the largest 
male and largest female is only 8 mm. in favour of the former. 
The highly sensitive and mobile snout and nose-leaf pierced by transversely valvular 
nostrils of Fhinopoma led Geoflfroy to state that he should not be at all astonished 
were it ascertained that this bat lived on aquatic insects which it caught on the surface 
of the water. The close proximity of the Nile to its haunts would afford it a rich supply 
of food. In connection with this supposition, the fact that Stoliczka found this species 
in Kach living in w^ells becomes of considerable interest. 
This species is found in Egypt in caverns and in the monuments, and under similar 
conditions also in India. Capt. S. S. Flower found it plentiful at Gebel Auli, in the 
