I find in Mr. Darwin’s collection, a bat agreeing with the description
of M. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire,[5] under the above name, with the
exception of a slight difference in the dimensions; I will, therefore,
add those of the present specimen, which is a female. It may be
observed, that in the animal before me, the tragus of the ear is
pointed, and not bifid at the apex, as represented in plate xi of the
work quoted.
In. Lines.
Length of head and body 4 0
antibrachium 2 7
nose-leaf 0 5
ear 0 8½
tragus 0 3
tibia 1 0
Expansion the wings
of 16 8
“This bat was caught at Bahia, (latitude 13° S.) on the coast of Brazil,
in consequence of its having flown into a room where there was a light.
I scarcely ever saw an animal so tenacious of life.” D.