Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum
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Hab. N.W. Himalaya (Chamba), at an elevation of 3000 feet. Tj-pe in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 25. Vespertilio chinensis. Vespertilio chinensis, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 62 ; Bobson, Monogr, Asiat. Chiropt. p. 139 (187G). Muzzle long ; nostrils prominent, opening sublateraUy ; crown of the head very slightly raised above the face-line ; ears narrow, tapering, tip narrowly rounded off; outer margin straight above, faintly convex opposite the middle of the tragus and thence do...wn- wards to its termination : tragus attenuated towards the tip, inner margin straight or faintly concave, outer margin convex below, straight above, attaining its greatest convexity slightly below the middle of the inner margin. (Plate XIX. fig. 2, ear, double natural size). Fux dark brown above, the extreme tips paler ; beneath similar, but with paler greyish-browTi tips on the chest and abdomen, darker along the sides of the body. First and second upper premolars very small, the first acutely pointed, the second internal to it and the third premolar.
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