. The animal kingdom; based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others. Mammals; Zoology. FAMILIES OF CHEIROPTERA. - I27 cradle, and holds it pressed against her breast to receive its first nourish- ment. After some days, the youngster can hang by the claws of its hind feet to the fur of the mother, and it is not rare to see her Hying about with this strange burden. When, exceptionally, the progeny are double, then the winged nurse carries both in her aerial voyages. The bats are a very difficult study, and it is quite uncertain how many distinct spe
. The animal kingdom; based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others. Mammals; Zoology. FAMILIES OF CHEIROPTERA. - I27 cradle, and holds it pressed against her breast to receive its first nourish- ment. After some days, the youngster can hang by the claws of its hind feet to the fur of the mother, and it is not rare to see her Hying about with this strange burden. When, exceptionally, the progeny are double, then the winged nurse carries both in her aerial voyages. The bats are a very difficult study, and it is quite uncertain how many distinct species are really known. The genera too are exceedmgly numerous, and are in a very unsettled state, while the synonymy is exceedingly confused. We shall commence by dividing them into five families, the Pteropid.^, or fruit-eating bats; the Phyllostomid.€, or leaf-nosed bats, among which the blood-sucking Vampire is found; the Rhinolophid^, or horse-shoe bats; the Vespertilionid^, or common bats, and the NOCTILIONID^, or short-headed bats. We will mentioa their range of distribution under each 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 Craig, Hugh. New York : Johnson & Bailey
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