3oS rxKRorrs vampykus N.VTrxj:. 



68 c. Pteropus vampyriis natunaB, K. And. 



Pteropus fiinereus, Teviminck, Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 63 (pt.) (1837 : 

 Borneo) ; Wagner, ISchreber's Siiug., Sitppl. i. p. 340 (pt.) (]8;}'J : 

 Borneo) ; <S'. Millie); in Temminc/cs Nat. Gesch. Neth-rl. Overz. 

 Bez.. Zoor/cl. pp. -'0, 58 (pt. ) (1839-44: Borneo); lesson, 

 JV. Tabl. ii. An., Mamm. p. 12, no. 170 (pt.) (1842 : Borneo) ; 

 E. Desnuirest, Did. Univ. cVHist. Nat. xi. p. 247 (pt.) (1848 : 

 Borneo); GrdJI, '^"ol. ' Samaranff,' Vci-f. p. 11 (pt.) (1849: 

 Timor) ; Wagner. Schreber's Siiug., Suppl. v. p. 596 (pt.) (1853- 

 55 : Borneo) ; Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mavim. i. p. 187 (pt.) (1854 : 

 Borneo); Giehel, Sdug. p. 996 (pt.) (1855: Borneo); ScMegel, 

 Dierkunde, i. p. 53 (pt.) (1857 : Borneo); Fitzinger, SB. Akad. 

 Wien, Ix. Abth. i. p. 407 (pt.) (1870: Borneo); Mohnicke, 

 I'flanzen- u. Thierl. Niederl. Maluienldnd. p. 401 (1883 : Landak, 

 W. Borneo ; habits). 



rteropus edulis (wee E. Geoff.), Bobsm, Cat. C/.ir. B. M. p. 50 

 (1878: Ijorneo) ; Trouessart, Rev. ^ Mag. Zool. (3) vi. p. 201 

 (pt.) (1879 : Borneo) ; Jentink, Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 259 (pt.) 

 (1887: Borneo); id., Cat Syst. Mamm. p. 145 (pc.) (1888: 

 Borneo) ; Everett, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 494 (Borneo) ; Hose, Mamvi. 

 i?oo(er), p. 38 (1893: Baram B., iS'iali 11.; habits); Trotiessart, 

 Cat. Mamm. i. p. 80 (pt. ) (1897 : Borneo) ; Jentink, Notes Ley den 

 Mm. xix. p. 49 (1897 : Siban R., Dutch W. Borneo) ; Willink, 

 Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. Ixv. p. 272 (pt.) (1905 : Natuua Is. ; 

 Borneo). 



Pteropus vampyrus [nee L.), Thomas Sf Hartert, Nov. Zool. i. p. 6.55 

 (1894: Bungurau, N. Natunas) ; Thomas, op. cit. ii. p. 489 

 (1895 : Buniriiran ; Pulo Panjang) ; Miller, Proc. Wash. Acad. 

 &t. iii. p. 137 (1901 : Bnng-nran). 



Pteropus celteno (pt., nee Herm.), Matschie, Megachir. p. 15 (1899: 

 Borneo) ; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 50 (pt.) (1904 : 

 Borneo ; Natunas). 



Pteropus vampvrus natunre, K. Andersen, Ann. 8,- Mag. N. H. (8) 

 ii. p. 369 (1 Oct. 1908 : N. Natunas : N. Borneo). 



Diacfnosis. — Small ; bright-coloured mantle strongly contrasting 

 ■with dark back. Skull, total length about 73-78 mm. ; forearm 

 182-5-196 mm. Hah. N. Natuna Is, ; Borneo. 



Differential characters. — Differs from Pt. v. malaccensis (Malacca, 

 Sumatra), vampyrus (Java), a.\\([ iihiton (Bali, Lombok) by its much 

 smaller average size ; forearm in the three larger races 195- 

 220 mm., total length of skull 76-5-91. From the two equally 

 small races of Pt. vampyrus, viz. edulis (Timor) and lanensis 

 (Philippines), it may be distinguished by its generally much brighter 

 colour. — In size and most other characters this form approaches 

 Pt. yiyanteus (forearm 163-5-176-5 mm. ; skull 71-76), from 

 •which it is easily discriminated by its dark-coloured breast and 

 belly. It has a still closer ally iu the dark-bellied Pt. intermedius 

 (Teuasserim), from which it apparently differs chiefly in the darker 

 foreueck and rather la7-ger size. 



Colour. — Six specimens (five skins), adult males and females, 

 Bunguran and Pulo Panjang; June, July, Sept.: — Colour on the 

 whole very similar to that of Pt. v. m,a.laccensis and vampyrus. 

 Back blackish or seal-brown, in some specimens not, in others 

 distinctly but not very heavily, sprinkled with light greyish. 

 Underparts from chin to iulerfemoral blackish or seal-brown, often 



