. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 291 KATUKAL HDSTURY. the inner margin of the is bent in, fornung a sort of ibkl. A little above the bass there is on each ear a small lobe, so i)laoed that when the ears are erect these lobes touch each other. The outer margin of the ear ends opposite the base of the tragus, which is very long, tapering upwards. The tail, which is nearly as long as the head and body, is contained, all but the extremity of the last vertebra, in the ample interfemoral membrane, along the posterior margin of which the spurs extend fully half-way from the
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 291 KATUKAL HDSTURY. the inner margin of the is bent in, fornung a sort of ibkl. A little above the bass there is on each ear a small lobe, so i)laoed that when the ears are erect these lobes touch each other. The outer margin of the ear ends opposite the base of the tragus, which is very long, tapering upwards. The tail, which is nearly as long as the head and body, is contained, all but the extremity of the last vertebra, in the ample interfemoral membrane, along the posterior margin of which the spurs extend fully half-way from the heel to the tip of the tail on each side. The fur in the Long-eared Bat is long, thick, and soft; the haii-s are blackish at base, tipped above with brown, with a reddish or greyish tinge, which appears to vary with the age of the individuals, and beneath with pale brownish-grey. All the membranes are dusky, usually with a reddish or brownish tinge. The head and body in this species measure about one inch and five- sixths in length, and the tail is about one- sixth of an inch shorter. Its expanse of wing is ten inches. This Bat occurs in nearly ail parts of Eui-ope and in North Africa, extending eastwards throughout Central Asia, but ajjparently not south of the Himalayas. Specimens from Northei'n Africa, even up to the fifth Cataract of the Nile, and from the desert regions about the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas, are described as having the fur paler and more ashy in colour, and I-SBk» • ^K \U ^ss^ n H - ' *''^ membranes also paler than those from %i. i^^^^^i-i '^[j^^^ il^ I more humid localities. FL^^^M^^x4,3ii>_ ^l^^yl^^ // i '^® Long-eared Bat Ls common, and /iMal't'i «-~^ -—-«^H^HI^^iia«n^Q_e^ / pi'etty generally distributed in Britain, but is not so abundant or so well known as some other species. This may, perhaps, be in part due to the fact that it is a nocturnal species, coming abroad later than its fellows, and continuing on the wing in pursuit of t
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