Found in Farm Caves, Moulmein. The absence of the claw on the index finger is specially to be noted.
Bats with simple or complicated nose-leaves or membranes. The conch of the ear very large, and joined together on the top of the head; tragus large and bifurcated; nasal membranes complicated; no tail; wings remarkably ample. They have four incisors below but none above, the intermaxillaries remaining cartilaginous.
Dental formula: Inc., 0/4; can., 1—1/1—1; pre-m., 2—2/2—2; molars, 3—3/3—3.
[NO. 36. MEGADERMA LYRA.]
The Large-eared Vampire Bat (Jerdon's No. 15).
| Megaderma lyra. |
HABITAT.—India and Ceylon.