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Solomon Islands, Melanesia 



BATS, common bat (Pipistrellus), 56; flying foxes (Pteropus, 

 Pteralopex), 48 ; leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros), 53 ; long- 

 tongued bats (Macroglossus, Nesonycteris), 49; rousette 

 bat (Rousettus), 48 ; sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura) , 51 ; 

 spinal-winged bat (Dobsonia), 48; tube-nosed bat (Nycti- 

 mene)^ 48. 



MARSUPIALS, cuscus (Phalanger),25. 



RODENTS, common rats (Rattus), 114; giant rats (Uro- 

 mys), 116; house mouse (Mus)^ 113; mosaic-tailed rats 

 (Melomys)y 116. 



South China Sea 



DUGONG (Dugong), 136. 



WHALES, bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops), 134; Chinese 

 white dolphin (Sotalia sinensis), 135; common dolphin 

 (Delphinus), 134; finback (Balcenoptera), 128; finless 

 black porpoise (Neomeris), 132; gray or Risso's dolphin 

 (Grampus), 131 ; humpback (Megaptera), 128 ; Irrawaddi 

 dolphin (Orcella), 132; Malay white dolphin (Sotalia 

 horneensis), 135; pygmy sperm whale (Kogia), 130; slen- 

 der dolphin (Prodelphinus) , 135 ; sperm whale (Physeter), 

 129. 



South Natuna Islands, South China Sea 



BATS, common bats (Myotis, Pipistrellus), 55; false vampire 

 (Megaderma), 53; flying fox (Pteropus), 48; horseshoe 

 bat (Rhinolophus), 53; leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros), 

 53; short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus), 48. 



EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, mouse deer (Tragulus), 149. 



FLYING LEMUR, colugo, caguan (Cynocephalus), 44. 



INSECTIVORES. tree shrew (Tupaia, Ptilocercus), 43; 

 white-toothed shrew (Crocidura), 40. 



MONKEYS, LEMURS, leaf moilkey (Presbytis), 70; long- 

 tailed macaque (Macaca irus), 67; tarsier (Tarsius), 78. 



RODENTS, common rats (Rattus), 114; giant squirrel (Ra- 

 tufa), 110; house mouse (Mus), 113; long-nosed ground 

 squirrel (Rhino sciur us), 112; Oriental squirrel (Callo- 

 sciurus), 110. 



