. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Fig. 19.—Plecotus auritus. ears, [now Barbastelle {BarbasteUus, Gray)— The ears of which are moderate, united at base ; and there is a hollowed naked space on the upper surface of the muzzle, in which the nostrils are situ- ated ; but one pair of false molars to each jaw. B. Daubentonii, Bell, (fig. 20,) is the only ascertained species. It is of rare occur- rence in Britain, and measures lOi inches in extent of wing.] Finally, Nycticeus*, Ra fin., [ Scotophilus, Leach, PipistrelluS, Bonap.], with Fig.
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Fig. 19.—Plecotus auritus. ears, [now Barbastelle {BarbasteUus, Gray)— The ears of which are moderate, united at base ; and there is a hollowed naked space on the upper surface of the muzzle, in which the nostrils are situ- ated ; but one pair of false molars to each jaw. B. Daubentonii, Bell, (fig. 20,) is the only ascertained species. It is of rare occur- rence in Britain, and measures lOi inches in extent of wing.] Finally, Nycticeus*, Ra fin., [ Scotophilus, Leach, PipistrelluS, Bonap.], with Fig. Dau'emom. ears of medium size, and the simple muzzle of the Bats, has only two incisors to the upper jaw [which are vridely separated, and close to the canines.] It does not otherwise differ from Vesperfilio. The known species are from North America, [but others have since been discovered in the ancient continent, as N. Heathii, Horsf., from India, and another from Java. Mr. Gray, indeed, includes most of the European Bats in his Scotophilus ; but Temminck, who rejects Plecotus even, suggests, and I think with reason, that the present also is a superfluous division, based on insufficient characters. The Oreillards and Barbastelles are subordinate to Vespertilio, also Furia, F. Cuv., (Furipterus, Bonap.) which hajs the tail partly cartilaginous, Natalus, Gray, wherein the heel-bone extends the whole length of the interfemoral membrane ; Romicius, Gray, and Miniopterus, Bonap. Atalapha, Rafin., is said to have no incisors, Hypexodon, Rafln., to have incisors (of the usual number, six) in the lower jaw only ; Lasiurus has been applied to a small group with the interfemoral membrane hairy ; and, lastly, Pachyotus and Nyctalus, Bowditch, are divisions of no value whatever. It is to be regretted that naturalists cannot occupy their time more profitably than in coining supernumerary ' Sometimes written Nt/cticejus.—E».. Please note that these images are extracted from
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