ACKKODON CELKBKXSl^. 417 



c. Xo pale niiclial patch. SuiaLl : forearm 140 mm. ["p. 424. 



(Talaut Is.) 4. A. humilis, 



d. A pale nuchal patch. Larg^e: forearm l(i5-:^05 



miu. (Philippines). [p. 42G. 



c. Forearm 182-205 mm. (Philippines generally) .5. A. jubatu^, 



d'. Forearm about 165 mm. (Paaav) ^. A. hioifer, 



LP- 432. 



1. Acerodon celebensis, Pet. 



Pteropus macJcloti var. a, Dobsou, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 67. 



Pteropus celebeusis, Peters, MB. Akad. Bfrlin, 1867 (2" Mav), 

 p. 333 (Celebes); Jentink, Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 262 (1887: 

 Celebes; Goroutalo ; Sula Manfjoli) ; id.. Cat. 6'i/st. Mamm. 

 p. 150(1888: Celebes; Gorontalo ; Sula Man>?oli). 



PtfTopus mackloti var. celebeusis, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. i p. 83 

 (1897). 



Pteropus (Aperod<iu) mackloti a. celebensia. Matschie, Megachir. 

 p. 10, pi. iv. %. 7 (skull of type) ( 1S99 : Celebes : Masaraiiof, 

 Tomohon, Goroutalo; Sula Mangoli) ; Trowsmrt, Cat. Mamm., 

 Suppl. p. 48 (1904). 



Acerodon celebeusis, K. Andersen, A>ni. S,- Maq. N. II. (8) iii. 

 p. 24 (1009: Celebes group). 



Pteropus mackloti var. a, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. pp. 67, 70 

 (1878 : Celebes). 



Pteropus mackloti [yiec Temm.), Trouesxart, Bet', t^- 3I(!ff. Zoo/. (">) 

 vi. p. 203 (pt.) (1879) ; Weber, Zool. Ergebti. Niederl. Ost-Ind. i. 

 p. 96 (pt.) (1890 : Celebes) ; Jentink, op. c. i. p. 126 (pt.) (1890 : 

 Maros, ur. Macassar; island opposite I'alapo, Luwu) ; Matachie, 

 Met/ackir. pi. vi. figs. 6,6 a (skull, Sula Mangoli) (1899) ; A. B. 

 Meyer, Abh. Mas. Dresden, vii. no. 7, p. 6 (1899: Tomohoti, 

 Minahassa ; Salaver) ; Willink, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. Ixv. p. 271 

 ( 1 905 : Celebes ; ' Salayer) . 



Diagtwsis. — Skull small : total length about 62-5-6M ram. : 

 dentition weak : m', length (antero-posterior extent of crown) 4-7- 

 5 mm. ; no distinct antero-internal basal cusp in p^ and p . Ears 

 longer than muzzle (eye to tip of nose), subacutely pointed. 

 General colour of back mars-brown, crown, raantle, and underside 

 of body yellowish buffy or golden buti'y, throat dark brown. Fore- 

 arm i;30-140 mm. JJab. Celebes group. 



SkuU and teeth. — Skull smaller than in A. maclioti and rfUuns 

 (measurements pp. 422 and 425); palation border simple, without 

 median notch. Dentition weaker than in any other species of the 

 genus; molariform teeth not conspicuously broader, but m, rather 

 shorter than in typical Pteropus. Aiitero-internal basal tubeiclo 

 more sharply marked off in m' than in p'' ; edge of c-ingulum of p' 

 slightly elevated antero-iuternall}-, but not forming a distinct cusp ; 

 no trace of an autero-internal cusp in p^. Basal ledge of p^, ni , 

 and m, not extending quite so far forward on inner side of teeth 

 as in ^. macHofi and ffilvus. 



Meynhranen about 12-14 mm. apart at origin from back. 



/'\n-.— Ap])roximate length, back 10 12, mantle 12-15, belly 10- 

 12 mm. Least width of furred area of back about ^0-40 mm. 



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