. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. TUE HAT. THE ja\t:lin bat. Tl: a distinct horsesiioe- middle of tlie lower. In the genus PliyUostoma the nasal appendages are well developed; tl: shaped piece in front, and above the nostrils rises a large lance-shaped leaf iip shows a triangular naked patch with warty margins. The ears iire of moderate length and quite separate; the tail is much shortei than the interfemoral membrane ; and the first phalanx of the middle finger is less than half the length of the metacarpal bone There are, as usual in this family, four incisors i
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. TUE HAT. THE ja\t:lin bat. Tl: a distinct horsesiioe- middle of tlie lower. In the genus PliyUostoma the nasal appendages are well developed; tl: shaped piece in front, and above the nostrils rises a large lance-shaped leaf iip shows a triangular naked patch with warty margins. The ears iire of moderate length and quite separate; the tail is much shortei than the interfemoral membrane ; and the first phalanx of the middle finger is less than half the length of the metacarpal bone There are, as usual in this family, four incisors in each jaw; the canines are large and powerful, and the lower jaw has only two jiremolars on each side. The true molars are well developed, and show strong W-shaped cusps. The Javelm Bat, which lives in all parts of tropical America and also occiu-s in the West Indies, is a lai-ge species, measuring more than five inches in total length, and nearly twent}--three ,[j.^i, ^^ ti\eln uit inches in expanse of wing. Its fur is usually of a uniform brown â¢colour; its ears joi moderate size, somewhat pointed, strongly excav;ited on the outside below the apex, and with a lance-shaped tragus; the short tail extends about one-third of the length of the inter- femoral membrane, which is stretched straight across between the Ioul;- We have already referred at some length to tin- liabits of x\\U sprcies in connection with the charge of blood-sucking that has been brought auainst it, ;r,i(l ^^.â ll^ 1 \\ hen examined only remains of insects are found in its stomach. It is descrilii'(l as liM\i]ii,' a lotiv aial powerful, although not rapid flight. These Bats frequently make their way into rooms tliion^li tin- o|"'ii a\ iialows, when they fly about rather noisily. In the neighbourhood of houses thoy slic|. ilinin- iKc ,l;i\ among the leaf-stalks of the cocoa-nut palms ; in the open country they resort to the liollou tiuuks of trees. ithcr parts of America, such a.
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