. A history of British mammals . Mammals; Bats; Insectivores (Mammals); Rodents. to at least 8000 feet (Blanford). It is said to have a larger ear and longer forearm ( mm.) than barbastellus. Satunin's sub-species caspica (forearm about 43 mm.), described from Transcaucasia, is not available for examination. The genus is unknown in America. The generic characters are moderate size; ears not large, their bases united at their inner margins on the forehead, their outer margins encircling the eyes and terminating between them and the upper lips ; a well-developed tragus with an attenuated tip
. A history of British mammals . Mammals; Bats; Insectivores (Mammals); Rodents. to at least 8000 feet (Blanford). It is said to have a larger ear and longer forearm ( mm.) than barbastellus. Satunin's sub-species caspica (forearm about 43 mm.), described from Transcaucasia, is not available for examination. The genus is unknown in America. The generic characters are moderate size; ears not large, their bases united at their inner margins on the forehead, their outer margins encircling the eyes and terminating between them and the upper lips ; a well-developed tragus with an attenuated tip. The short muzzle (Plate XIV., Figs. 2 and 3) has the upper surface naked and nearly flat dorsally, the sides glandular and tumid so as to form a raised border : the nostril is terminal, with a broad shal- low groove running across the upper lip. The moderately broad wing (Plate XVII., Fig. 2) arises from the base of the toes. The calcar extends about half-way from foot to tail. The post- calcarial lobe is narrow and incon- spicuous. The tail is nearly as long as the head and body ; its tip projects about 3 mm. from the interfemoral membrane, which is ample, Supported by long lower legs, and extends triangularly to some distance behind the feeble feet. The skull (Fig. 8, No. 5, p. loi), as exemplified by B. barbastellus, is weak, with prominent rounded brain-case; broad, somewhat concave facial region; weak, flattened zygomata ; weak or no cranial crests ; and moderately developed auditory bullae. There are thirty-four teeth (Figs. 21 and 22) arranged as— iij"'0l|». Fig. 21.—Diagram of Ar- rangement OF Teeth in GENUS Barbastella. (1) Upper and (2) Lower Jaw. .2 — 2 3-3 I —I pm 2 — 2 m ^—^ = 34. 3-3 The upper incisors are oblique, the outer pair small, the inner large and bifid ; the upper canine is provided with small anterior. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorati
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