. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 68 MAMMALIA. obscure places. Their ordinary produce is two young at a birth, [one only in the frugivorous species, and many others,] which cling to the mammae of their parent, [have their eyes closed for a while,*] and are of large proportional size. They form a very numerous genus, present- ing many subdivisions. First there require to be separated— The Roussettes {Pteropus, Briss.),— Which have cutting incisors to each jaw, and grinders with flat crowns, or rather the latter have originally two longitudinal and para
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 68 MAMMALIA. obscure places. Their ordinary produce is two young at a birth, [one only in the frugivorous species, and many others,] which cling to the mammae of their parent, [have their eyes closed for a while,*] and are of large proportional size. They form a very numerous genus, present- ing many subdivisions. First there require to be separated— The Roussettes {Pteropus, Briss.),— Which have cutting incisors to each jaw, and grinders with flat crowns, or rather the latter have originally two longitudinal and parallel projections, separated by a groove, and which wear away by attrition : accordingly they subsist in great part upon fruits, of which they consume a vast quantity ; they also ably pursue small birds and quadrupeds : [a statement which much requires confirmation.] They are the largest of the tribe, and their flesh is eaten. The membrane is deeply emarginated between their legs, and they have httle or no tail ; their index finger, shorter by half than the middle one, pos- sesses a third phalanx, bearing a short nail (see fig. 9), which are wanting in other Bats ; but the following fingers have each only two phalanges ; [their thumb is proportionally very large] ; they have the muzzle simple, the nostrils widely separated, the ears middle-sized and without a tragus, and their tongue studded with points that curve backwards ; their stomach is a very elongated sac, unequally dilated, [and their intestines are much longer than in other Bats.] They have only been discovered in the south of Asia and the Indian Archipelago ; [now, however, also in Japan, Austraha, Madagascar, and the south and west of Africa. Tlie species are very numerous, and have been greatly elucidated by the investigations of Temminck and others, who have established most of them on a considerable number of specimens of all ages, and many anatomically. They produce early, and the sexes are separately gregari
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