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Show 84 MAMMALIA. M. Geoffroy also separates f rom Vespertilio the PLEOoTus, Geoff. ad and united on the cranium as in Ears larger than the he '1 d lanceolate-an operculum Megaderma, &c.; the tragus a.rge an on their auditory passage. TT ,..,:1 ., 8 L • Buff. VIII, xvn, 1. • Y esp au, • '" ' • ' · The common species~ ·u ~ore abundant in France than the (The Long-eared Bat.) I ti 1 e as the rest of the body. It It ·s are near y as arg . Bat. s eal & Tl ere is also another discovered lives in kitchens, houses, c. 1 G Buff. VIII, 19, 2. by Daubenton- Vesp. barbastellus, m., 'th much smaller ears.(l) . Brown, WI fi has only two incisors m the Fina~ly, the NYO~IoEus, Ra d:::~~e~ars and simple muzzle of the upper Jaw, along with ~he :~wn are from North America.(2) Vespertilio. The species : GALEOPITHEcus, Pall. The Galeopitheci differ generically from the Vespert~lios, int~~: all armed with trenchant nails, which are not onger ftihneg etorse,s so that the mem b ran e which occupies their inthe rvals, Tahnd extends 'to the sides of the tail, can only act as a p~~c ute. t e canini are denticulated and short like the molars. ere are wo upper denticulated incisors widely separated from each other; be~~" there are six, split into narrow strips, like a comb, a s~ructur\a o· th eculiar to this genus. The animals belongmg to I are fgocu nde r inP the Indian Archip· elago, on the trees, amon g which. .th ey pursue insects, and perhaps birds. If we can judge b! the InJU~~ the teeth sustain from age, they use fruit also. Their crecum very large. . d h FJ · Lemur One species only is well ascertame ' t e ymg .. Audeb., Galreop., pl. 1 and 2. Fur greyish red above, reddish (1) Add the Plec. timoriensis, Geoff.-Pl. velatus, Isid. Geoff.-Pl. maugei, Desm. -Plec. cornutus, Fab.-Vesp. megalotis, Rafin. [See .llppend.JL of .11m. Ed.] we N.B. As our plan permits us to class those animals only whose character:ri . have ascertained either from personal observation or from very complete d~s :M~ tions and figures we have been compelled to omit several of the genera 0h . · Leach Rafinesq:e &c.; and while on this subject, we must observe that t e:~ 19 no fa~ily which s~nds more in neeq of revision than that of the Bats-a revtsJon from nature and not by compilation. (2) Vespertilio lasiurus, Schreb., LXII, B.-V. noveboracensis, Penn. Quadr., P1 · 31, fig. 2.-Vesp. borb<micus, Geoff., Ann. Mus. VITI, pl. 46. These three are the same. [See Jlppend. III. of .11m. Ed.] CARNARIA. 85 below; spotted and striped with various shades of grey when young. From the Molucca islands, straits of Sunda, &c. All the other Carnaria have the mammre situated under the abdomen. FAMILY II. INSECTIVORA. The animals of this family, like the Cheiroptera, have grinders studded with conical points, ~nd lead a nocturnal or subterraneous life. Their principal food is Insects, and in cold climates many of them pass the winter in a torpid state. Unlike the Bats, they have no lateral membranes, although they always have clavicles. Their feet are short, and their motions feeble; the mammre are placed under the abdomen, and the penis in a sheath. None of them have a crecum, and in walking they all place the whole sole of the foot on the ground. They differ from each other by the relative position and proportions of their incisors and canini. Some have long incisors in front, followed by other incisors and canini, all, even shorter than the molares, a kind of dentition of which the Tarsiers, among the Quadrumana, have already given us an example, and which somewhat approximates these animals to the Rodentia. Others have large separated canini, between which are placed small incisors, the most usual disposition of these parts among the Quadrumana and the Carnaria ; and these two systems of dental arrangement are found in genera, otherwise very similar in the teguments, shape of the limbs, and mode of life. ERINACEus, Lin. The body of the Hedgehog is covered with spines instead of hairs. !he skin of the back is furnished with such muscles, as, by inclinIng the head and feet towards the abdomen, enable the animal to shut himself up in it, as in a purse, presenting his spines on all sides to the enemy. The tail is very short, and there arc five toes to each foot. There are six incisors in each jaw, the middle ones being the |
