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The gular sac, though represented in the male, is almost absent in the female, being but a rudimentary fold of skin; in this it differs from another common Indian species, T. saccolaimus_, in which the gular sac is well developed in both sexes, though larger in the male SIZE.--Length, 5 inches; expanse, 15 to 16; tail, 1; fore-arm, 2-5/8; tibia, 1 inch This bat frequents old buildings, dark cellars, old ruins, &c.; the young are fulvescent, and become darker with age.— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
Beneath, upper wings with two transverse fulvescent orange bands, one near the centre, the other at the tip, broadest externally, with three black spots, the outer largest running into it near the margin, interiorly it is much contracted ending in spots; the base of the wings is yellowish grey, under wings yellowish grey at base, otherwise very similarly marked, the outer part of the orange band having two longitudinal whitish lines on it; antennae at base fringed with white; club brown.— Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
This bat frequents old buildings, dark cellars, old ruins, &c.; the young are fulvescent, and become darker with age.— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
Sophia. Illustration 24 Insects 7 Above, brownish black; upper wings varied with bluish grey scales, many near the outer margin arranged into a somewhat regular series; a transverse, slightly bent, white band runs from near the outer edge close to the tip, to near the middle of the wing; wings fringed with greyish and black; under wings brownish black, with fulvescent orange spots and a band, one small spot somewhat transverse, near the middle, beneath this a broadish band extends from the anal margin nearly to the outer side of wing, which is divided by a brown line, leaving an irregular squareish spot, attenuated towards the outer margin; on the margin are three differently-shaped dots beginning from the internal margin, and in one of the specimens are four slight lunules, growing fainter as they approach the outer margin.— Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
-- Hair more or less brown above, sometimes with a chestnut hue, sometimes grizzled, or with a tinge of dun; yellowish-white, or with a fulvescent tinged white below; the throat, upper lip, and sides of head are nearly white; the line of separation of upper and lower parts not very distinctly marked.— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
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