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The Mud Terrapin ( Cinosternum pennsylvanicum), East¬ 
ern and Southern States. 
The Red-bellied Terrapin (. Pseudemys rugosa), Middle 
Atlantic States. 
The Florida Terrapin ( Pseudemys concinna ), Southern 
States. 
The Salt Water Terrapin ( Malacoclemmys palustris ), 
Atlantic and Gulf States. 
The Checkered Terrapin (^Chrysemyspieta), Eastern and 
Southern States. 
The Chicken Terrapin ( Chrysemys reticulata ), Gulf 
States. 
The Speckled Terrapin ( Chelopus muhlenbergii ), Penn¬ 
sylvania and New York. 
Blanding’s Tortoise (. Emys meleagris), Western United 
States. 
The Box Tortoise ( Cistudo clausa'), Eastern and South¬ 
ern States. 
The Gopher Tortoise {Testudo Carolina ), Southern 
States. 
The Great or Elephant-footed Tortoise ( Testudo 
elephantopus ), of the Galapagos Islands, is represented by a 
pair which, with the other tortoises, are in a compartment of 
the Rabbit Warren. 
The Indian Fruit Bats ( Pteropus rnedius ), known also 
by the name of Rousette Bat and Flying Fox, are temporarily 
kept in this building, although they belong to the mamma¬ 
lian order Cheiroptera. They exist in large numbers in India 
and the neighboring islands, where they grow to a very large 
size, the expanded wings sometimes measuring four or five 
feet from tip to tip. Sir Emerson Tennent gives the follow¬ 
ing account of some of their habits:— 
“ A favorite resort of these bats is to the lofty India-rubber 
trees, which on one side overhang the Botanic Garden of 
Paradenia, in the vicinity of Kandy. Thither for some years 
past they have congregated, chiefly in the autumn, taking 
their departure when the figs of the Ficus elastica are con¬ 
sumed. Here they hang in such prodigious numbers that 
frequently large branches give way beneath their accumulated 
weight. 
