The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ession less marked; the nostrils at the end of the muzzle, with a little laminaabove, forming a kind of snout; the ears are joined; and the tail [which is very slender] extendsfar beyond the interfcmoral membrane. [.\ few species occur on both continents, one of which is figured in the great French work on Ejrypt, under thename Taphien filet.] The Taphiens {Taphozotts, Geof.)—Have also a small rounded indenture on the forehead; but their nostrils have no rais
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ession less marked; the nostrils at the end of the muzzle, with a little laminaabove, forming a kind of snout; the ears are joined; and the tail [which is very slender] extendsfar beyond the interfcmoral membrane. [.\ few species occur on both continents, one of which is figured in the great French work on Ejrypt, under thename Taphien filet.] The Taphiens {Taphozotts, Geof.)—Have also a small rounded indenture on the forehead; but their nostrils have no raistd lamina: thehead is pyramidal, and there are only two incisors above, very often none, and four tiilobate incisorsbelow; their ears arewidely separated, and [thetipof ] their tail free abovethe membrane. The maleshave a transverse cavityimder the throat. A littleprolongation of the mem-brane of their wings formsa sort of pouch near thecarpus.* One species was discover-ed in the catacombs ofKo-pt by M. GeofiVoy [andIt IS probable that the othersare peculiar to the old con-tinent, though one (, Muller) is said to. T. rufiis, Harlan (Wils. Am. Orn., vol. I AattivjJ/rr^j, Mp|>lied iii lliis ^.emw by Illigcr. pi. 50) is most likely 74 MAMMALIA. , The E^jjTJtian species is represented to have smiill eyes; but that figured by Gen. Hardwicke (, vol. xiv. p. 525) possesses eyes proportionally as large as in a Squirrel, and we have examined skins ofanother species (chinchilla-grey above, pure white beneath), in which the same character must have been con-spicuous.] The Mormopes {Mormoops, Leacli)—Have four incisors to each jaw, the superior rather large; the inferior trilobate: their skull (fig. 17) issingularly raised like a pyramid above the muzzle; and on each side of the nose is a triangularmembrane, which extends to the ear. Tlie species M. Blaiiwillii, Leach, is from Java. [It has since been received, together with two others of thesam
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