. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 164 BATS down to the foot; the tail is long, and sometimes extends a short distance beyond the interfemoral membrane. On the whole, the bats of this Family form an astonishing ex- hibit of facial oddities. All save a few species are confined to South America. The California Leaf-Nosed Bat^ may be taken as a very modest example, because it bears what is really a very simple form of nose- leaf. It is found in southern California and Mexico, and its pelage is very light-colore
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 164 BATS down to the foot; the tail is long, and sometimes extends a short distance beyond the interfemoral membrane. On the whole, the bats of this Family form an astonishing ex- hibit of facial oddities. All save a few species are confined to South America. The California Leaf-Nosed Bat^ may be taken as a very modest example, because it bears what is really a very simple form of nose- leaf. It is found in southern California and Mexico, and its pelage is very light-colored. The most remark- able of all bat faces is that of a small, brown- colored West Indian species known as Blain- ville's Bat.^ As a sport of Nature it stands fairly unrivalled, and shows what is possible in the fashioning of skin into ornamental forms. The ears are large and of most fantastic form, the chin is bedecked with a highly convoluted bib of skin, and the eyes and nostrils are almost lost amid the leaves and tubercles which cover the muzzle. As a whole, the appearance of the face of this bat suggests a highly complicated flower, like a double pansy. The skull is only five-eighths of an inch in length. This species is quite uncommon, and practically nothing is known of its habits. ' 0-top'ter-iis cal-i-for'ni-cus. * Mor'moops blain' CALIFORNIA LEAF-NOSED BAT. (After Harrison Allen.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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