Presbytes cephalopterus, _Zimm_. ursinus, _Blyth_. Priamus, _Elliot_ & _Blyth_. Thersites, _Blyth_. Macacus pileatus, _Shaw_ & _Desm_. Loris gracilis, _Geoff_.

Pteropus Edwardsii, _Geoff_. Leschenaultii, _Dum_. Cynopterus marginatus, _Hamilt_. Megaderma spasma, _Linn_. lyra, _Geoff_. Rhinolophus _affinis, Horsf_. Hipposideros murinus, _Elliot_. speoris, _Elliot_. armiger, _Hodgs_. vulgaris, _Horsf_. Kerivoula picta, _Pall_. Taphozous longimanus, _Hardw_. Scotophilus Coromandelicus, _F. Cuv_. _adversus, Horsf_. Temminkii, _Horsf_. Tickelli, _Blyth_. Heathii.

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Sorex coerulescens, _Shaw_. ferrugincus, _Kelaart_. serpentarius, _Is. Geoff_. montanus, _Kelaart_. Feroculus macropus, _Kelaart_. Ursus labiatus, _Blainv_. Lutra nair, _F. Cuv_. Canis aureus, _Linn_. Viverra Indica, _Geoff., Hodgs_. Cynictis Maccarthiæ, _Gray_. Herpestes vitticollis, _Benn_. griseus, _Gm_. Smithii, _Gray_. fulvescens, _Kelaart_. Paradoxurus typus, _F. Cuv_. Ceylonicus, _Pall_. Felis pardus, _Linn_. chaus, _Guldens_. viverrinus, _Benn_.

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Sciurus macrurus, _Forst_. Tennentii, _Layard_. penicillatus, _Leach_. trilineatus, _Waterh_. Sciuropterus Layardi, _Kelaart_. Pteromys petaurista, _Pall_. Mus bandicota, _Bechst_. Kok, _Gray_. rufescens, _Gray_. nemoralis, _Blyth_. Indicus, _Geoff_. fulvidiventris, _Blyth_. Nesoki _Hardwickii, Gray_. Golunda Neuera, _Kelaart_. Ellioti, _Gray_. Gerbillus Indicus, _Hardw_. Lepus nigricollis, _F. Cuv._ Hystrix leucurus, _Sykes_.

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Elephas Indicus, _Linn._ Sus Indicus, _Gray_. _Zeylonicus, Blyth_.

Moschus meminna, _Erxl_. Stylocerus muntjac, _Horsf_. Axis maculata, _H. Smith_. Rusa Aristotelis, _Cuv_.

One of the most curious peculiarities connected with the bats is their singular parasite, the Nycteribia.[1] On cursory observation, this creature appears to have neither head, antennæ, eyes, nor mouth; and the earlier observers of its structure assured themselves that the place of the latter was supplied by a cylindrical sucker, which, being placed between the shoulders, the creature had no option but to turn on its back to feed. This apparent inconvenience was thought to have been compensated for by another anomaly: its three pairs of legs, armed with claws, being so arranged that they seemed to be equally distributed over its upper and under sides, the creature being thus enabled to use them like hands, and to grasp the strong hairs above it while extracting its nourishment. It moves by rolling itself rapidly along, rotating like a wheel on the extremities of its spokes, or like the clown in a pantomime hurling himself forward on hands and feet alternately. Its celerity is so great that Colonel Montague, who was one of the first to describe it minutely[2], says its speed exceeds that of any known insect, and as its joints are so flexible as to yield in every direction (like what mechanics call a "ball and socket"), its motions are exceedingly grotesque as it tumbles through the fur of the bat.