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PTEROPUS MOLOSSINUS. 



mouuied, well preserved, colour almost unfaded; skull extracted 

 (registered hy Jentink, Cat. Ost. I. s. c. as the skull of a young 

 male, probably owing to the temporal cresta not being fused in the 

 median line to form a sagittal crest ; but this is a normal feature 

 in the adult Pt. molossinus). The type skull is probably not the 

 original of the figures in Matschie's ' Megachiroptera," pi. vi. fig. 5. — 

 Owing to its " pelage abondant et feutre," Temminck believed 

 Pt. molossinus, like the riohly-haired Pt. dasymallus and psclaphon, 

 to be an inhabitant of " uno des iles de I'Asie septentrionale " ; 

 following this hint, some later writers (see references above) gave 

 as probable habitat of the species "? Japan." Its true habitat 

 was not discovered until about thirty j^ears after Temminck's de- 

 scription, when Finsch obtained a series of specimens in the island 

 of Pouape (Peters, 1883, I. s. c), 



Pleropus hreviceps, Thomas; 18S2. — Type locality : Mortlock I. ; 

 tvpe in collection. Its identity with Pt. moUssinus was pointed out 

 by Thomas, in 1887 {I. s. c). 



a. 5 ad. al. ; Mortlock, Caroline 

 skull. Is. {Kiibai-y). 



b-d. (5 ad., 2 ad., Ponape. Caroline 

 $ pull. al. ; Is. {Kuhary). 



skulls of 6, c. 



Godeffroy Museum. 82.10.27.5. 



( Ti/pe of Ft. breviceps, Thos.) 

 Godefi'roy Museum. 82.10.27.ti-8. 



E.vlernal measurements of Pteropus rodricensia and molossinus. 



Pt. rodricensis. 



.Sad. 



(Incl. type.) 



Pt. molossinus. 

 6 ad. 



(Incl. type of 

 species and of 

 Pt. breviceps.) 



MiN. Max. 



MiN. Max. 



mm. 

 124-5 



52 



Forearm 



PoUex, total length, c. u 



„ metacarpal 



„ 1st phalanx 



2nd digit, metacarpal 50 8 



„ 1st phalanx ' 14"8 



„ 2nd-3rd phalanx, c. u j 13 



I 3rd digit, metacarpal 1 81 



I ,, Ist phalanx i 59 



I „ 2nd phalanx ; 83-5 



i 4th digit, metacarpal 1 805 



I ,, 1st phalanx I 485 



„ 2ud phalanx 47 



! 5th digit, metacarpal 



,, 1st phalanx 



,, 2nd phalanx 



Ears, length from orifice 



,, greatest width, flattened 



Front of eye to tip of muzzle 



Lower leg 



Foot, c. u 



Oalcar 



mm. 

 127 

 54-2 



61 



16-7 



14-8 



85-5 



fiO 



84-5 



84 



61 



47-8 



mm. 



94 



37 



9 

 18 

 38 

 11 

 12 

 68-5 

 43 

 64 

 58 

 36-5 

 39 

 62-5 

 28 

 29-5 

 15 



9 

 15 

 43 

 31 



7 



mm. 

 98-5 

 39 

 9-5 

 19 

 42 

 12 

 13 

 62 

 45'5 

 69 

 61-5 

 39 



42-5 i 

 66 

 30 

 32 

 17 

 10 

 16 



45-5 I 

 32 

 9 i 



