. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE GREATER HORSESHOE SAT. m hemisphere, of wliicli tJjey cliiefly iiduibit the. IE GREATEK HORSESHOE BAT a character common to all the Bats of this alliance, vrith only a single exception : and the ears have no trcKjnu. Throngiioiit the family there are two small incisor teeth in the npper jaw, and four in the lower, and three true molars on each side in both jaws ; but the number of pre-molars varies, being two on each side in the upper jaw, and either two or three in the lower; whilst in one curious species the upper pre-molars
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE GREATER HORSESHOE SAT. m hemisphere, of wliicli tJjey cliiefly iiduibit the. IE GREATEK HORSESHOE BAT a character common to all the Bats of this alliance, vrith only a single exception : and the ears have no trcKjnu. Throngiioiit the family there are two small incisor teeth in the npper jaw, and four in the lower, and three true molars on each side in both jaws ; but the number of pre-molars varies, being two on each side in the upper jaw, and either two or three in the lower; whilst in one curious species the upper pre-molars are only one on each side. The Rhinolophida are confined to the rtarmer parts. They are generally insectivo- rous in their habits, but some of the laigei species are said to prey upon othei \ertebiate animals, and not even to spare their smallei brethren. Thus, Mr. Frith infoimed IMi Blyth that " a number of these Bats weie m the habit of resorting to the verandah of his residence in Mymensing (Burmah), and that every morning the ground undei them was strewed with the hind-quarters of Fiogs and . the wings of large Grasshoppers and (.'rickets On one occasion the remains of a small hsh were observed ; but Frogs appealed to con- stitute their chief diet—never Toads, and ot a quiet evening these animals could be dis tinctly heard crushing the heads and smallei bones of their ; Captain Hutton also states that various .species of llhinolophida;, and some Vesper- tilionidce* when confined with some smaller species than themselves, will prey upon them; and he suggests that these carnivo- rous propensities may be "the reason why the larger species keep aloof in pairs, instead of congi-egating, as do some of the smaller ; In illustration of this suggestion he gives the following interesting account of a cave frequented by Bats :—He says, " I know of an enormous cave at Mussooree, to which various species, both large and small, are in the habit
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