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14. Pteropus dasymallus, Temm. 

 I'ternjnis dasymallus, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 25. 



Pteropus rubricollis {nee I!. Geoff.), G. T. [misprint for Ph.F.'\ Siebold, 

 De Hist. Nat. in Japoniu statu, p, 13 (]824 : Nagasaki ; Jeddo). 



Pteropus dasymallus, Tetmuinck, Mon. Mamm. i. p. 180, pi. x. 

 (auimal), p'l. xv. fi^s. 10, 11 (skull of type) (1825: Nagasaki j 

 Jeddo) ; IJesmarest, Diet. Sci. Nat. xlvi. p. 861 (1827 : Nagasaki ; 

 Jeddo) ; Is. Geoff roy, Diet. Class. cVHist. Nat. xiv. p. 700 (1828 : 

 Japan) ; J. B. Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 83, no. 6 (1829 : Jeddo ; 

 Nagasaki); Wayler, Syst. Amph. p. 9 (1830); Lesson, Hist. 

 Nat. Muinm. {Compl. Biffon) v. p. 59 (1836; Japan); Gray, 

 May. Zool. ^- Bot. ii. p. 5(33 (1838 : Japan); Olen, Ally. Naiurq. 

 Yii. Abth. ii. p. 990 (1838); Temminck, Tijd. Nat. Gesch. V. 

 pt. 4, p. 282 (1839 : Japan) ; Wayner, Schreber's Sauy., Suppl. i. 

 p. 349 (1839: Nagasaki; Jeddo); Temminck, Fauna Japon., 

 Mamm. p. 12 (1842 : S. Kiushiu ; Yakushima) ; Lesson, N. 

 Tahl. Reyne An., Mamm. p. 13, no. 176 (1842 ; Japan) ; Schinz, 

 Syst. I'ierx. »Saw^. i. p. 124 (1844 : Japan); trf.,o/).cj7.ii. Naelitiag, 

 p. 14 (1845 : S. Kiusbiu ; Yakushima) ; Gray, Zool. ' Samarany,' 

 Vert. p. 34 (1849 : Japan) ; Wayjier, Schreber's Sliuy., Supj)l. v. 

 p. 598 (1853-55 : Japan) ; Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. i. p. 188 

 (1854: Japan); Giebel, Sauy. p. 997 (1855: Japan); Schleycl, 

 Dierkunde, i. p. 53 (1857 : Japan) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. 

 B, M. p. 56 (1862 : Japan) ; Peters, MB. Akad. Berlin, 1867, 

 p. 323 (Kiusbiu; Yakushima); Fitzinger, SB. Akad. Wien,\x. 

 Abth. i. p. 428 (1870: Jeddo; Nagasaki); ScJdeyel, Dierentuin 

 Nat. Art. May., Mamm. p. 66 (1872 : Japan) ; Dobson, Mon. Asiat. 

 Chir. p. 16 (1876 : Jfipan ) ; id., Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 25, pi. iii. fig. 1 

 (ear) (1878 : Japan) ; Trouessart, Rev. ^- May. Zool. (3) vi. p. 204 

 (1879: Kiushiu; Hondo); Jentink, Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 252 

 (1887: Japan) ; id.. Cat. Syst. Mamm. p. 138 (1888: Japan) ; 

 Fhma7in, Mitth. D. Ges. Naturk. Ostasiens, \. p. 389 (1892 : Liu- 

 tius) ; Trouessart, Cat. Mamin. i. p. 77 (1897 : Lin-kius) ; 

 Matschie, Meyachir. pi. i. figs. 1, \a,\b (skull) (1899); Banys, 

 Amer. Naturalist, xxxv. no. 415, p. 561 (1901 : Isbigaki) ; 

 Bonhote, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 628 (1902: Liu-kius) ; Miller, Fam. ^ 

 Gen. Bats, p. 58 (1907). 



Spectrum dasymallum, Gray, Cat. Monk. ^-c. p. 101 (1870: Japan). 



Pteropus rubricollis (dasymallus), Seitz, Mitth. D. Ges. Naturk. 

 Ostasiens, v. p. 363 (1892 : Kiushiu). 



Pteropus (Spectrum) dasymallus, Matschie, Meyachir. p. 27 (1899) ; 

 Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 53 (1904 : Liu-kius). 



Diagnosis. — Skull and dentition unmodified Pteropine. Ears 

 rather small, half exposed ; fur unu.sually long and spreading ; 

 tibia clothed above. Head, back, and underparts dark brown, more 

 or less varied with bufFy hair-tips on back ; collar buffy or cream- 

 bufiy. Forearm 125-5-137 mm. Bab. S. Liu-kiu Islands. 



Skull and teeth. — As in Pt. hyjiomelanus, but rostrum slightly 

 shorter than in specimens of hypomelajius of similar size, p' and p^ 

 a little heavier. Compare measurements of skulls and teeth, p. 171 , 

 with those of Pt. hypomelanus, p. 131 . 



Pa/a^€-r(V(7Cj> (several specimens). — S-fo-^-S; the right aiid left 



