PTEROPUS NIGER. 



221 



Ftcrojjus rvfus, Tiederuanii; 1808.- — Based on Brisson's Ft. rufus 

 aut niger (the name Ft. rufus is evidently an abbreviation of 

 " Ft. rujus aut niger ") ; other synonyms quoted by Tiedemann : 

 Vesp. vamjjyrus, L., which is partly Ft. niger ; Vesj). caninus, 

 Blumenb., BufFon's lioussette, and Schreber's pi. xliv., all of which 

 are Ft. niger. Name preoccupied by Ft. rufus, E. Geoff., 1803, 

 which is Ft. ediuardsi, auctorum. 



Fleropus vulgaris, E. Geoffrey ; 1810. — A redescription and 

 renaming of Geoffrey's Ft. fuscus, 1803 (but without any reference 

 to this latter, because Geoffroy wished to suppress his Catalogue 

 from 1803). The type locality ot fuscus, viz. Beunion, must there- 

 fore be fixed as the type locality of vulgaris, too ; it is even 

 highly probable that the latter was based on the same individuals 



External measurements of Pteropus seychellensis, 

 aldabrensis, and niger. 



Ft. 



seychellensis. 



6 yg. ad. 



(Incl. cotypes.) 



Forearm 



Pollex, total length, c. u 



„ metacarpal 



„ Ist phalanx 



I 2nd digit, metacarpal 



„ Ist phalanx 



,. 2nd-3rd plialanx, c. u. 



! 3rd digit, metacarpal 



i ,, Istphalanx 



\ „ 2nd phalanx 



4th digit, metacavpal 



., 1st phalanx 



„ 2nd phalanx 



5lh digit, metacarpal 



„ ] st phalanx 



„ 2nd phalanx 



Ear, length from orifice 



,, greatest width, llattened .... 

 Interfemoral in centre, depth.... 



Lower leg 



Foot, c. u 



Calcar 



MiN. 



mm. 

 143* 



65 



13-5 



35 



74 



20-5 



18-6 



96* 



75 

 100-5* 



95* 



60 



62-5 

 100 



44-5 



48-5 



31 



18 

 8 



69 



48 



18 



Max. 



mm. 

 l.'J4 



70-5 



16-5 



37 



76 



22-5 



19-5 

 103 



76-5 

 106-5 

 100 



63 



64 

 103 



49 



61 



32 



18 



72-6 



51 



18 



Pt. 



aldabrensis. 



cJad. 

 (U.S.N.M. 



62061.) 



Dim. 

 134-5 



58 



13 



29 



64 



14-0 



15 



90 



65-5 



89 



86 



54 



51 



91 



40 



40 

 (241) 



?63 

 ?43 



Pt. niger. 

 2 ad. 



MiN. Max. 



mra. mm. 



159 171 



69 72-5 



60-6 64 



75-5 



51 



17 



* The four minimum measurements of Pt. seychellensis marked with an 

 asterisk are taken from specimens which I suspect to be not quite full-grown ; 

 the other examples measured, though also slightly immature, are probably 

 full-sized. 



t E.stimate from dried skin (in the two cotypes, which also are skins, the 

 ears measure, according to True. 24 and 25 mm.). 



