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Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

by Robert A. Sterndale

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No. 95 Scotophilus Emarginatus

Habitat.—India; precise locality unknown.

Description.—Head broad and flat; muzzle obtuse and thick; ears long and large, with rounded tips turning outwards; tragus short; thumb long with a strong claw; wing membrane quite devoid of hair, except on the interfemoral membrane, which is half covered; fur tricolored, first dark chestnut, buff, and then yellowish brown.

Size.—Head and body, 2-1/10 inches; tail, 2 inches.

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