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MVONYCTERIS. 



17. MYONYCTERIS, Matsdiie. 



Cynonycteris (pt.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. 13. M. p. 71. 



Type. 

 1899. Myonycteris (subgenus of Xantharpyia) (pt.), 



Matschie, Megachir. pp. 6] , 63 M. torquata. 



Cynopterus, second section, Gray, Cat. Monk. 8,-c. p. 123 (1870). 

 Cyuouycteris (pt.), Dobson, I. s. c. (1878 : C. torquata only). 

 Myonycteris (subgenus, pt.), Matschie, I. s. c. (1899: M. torquntn, 



excl. M. anffolensis) ; (genus), A'. Andersen, Ann. S,- Mag. N. IT. 



(7) xix. pp. 'o03, .511 (1907 : characters) ; id., op. cit. (8j "ii. p. 450 



(1908 : new species). 

 Xantharpyia (subgenus, pt.), MatscJiie, Megachir. p. 6.5 (1899 : 



-.Y. brachycephala only). 

 Roussetlus (pt.), Trouessart, Cat. Mamin., Siippl. p. Lid (1904). 

 Rousettus (pt.), Miller, Fam. §■ Gen. Bats, p. 54 (1907). 



Diagnosis. — Intermediate between the Rousettine and Cyno- 

 pterine sections. Rostrum much shorter than in Rousettus, bub not 

 quite so short and stout as in Cynopterus; dental formula as in 

 Jiousettus (incisors " _ -, cheek-teeth ''), but m'" and m, nearly rudi- 



mentary, m^ noticeably reduced. A short tail. Forearm 56-67 ram. 

 [Four species. Range, the western Ethiopian foi'est region, including 

 the island of San Thome.] 



ShiU (fig. 46).— Length of rostrum (front of orbit to tip of 

 nasals) little more than breadth across lower edges of lachrymal 

 foramina ; rostrum similar in breadth to that of Rousettus, slenderer 



Fig. 46. 



-Myonyeteris tm-ouqhtoni, ^ , type of species, 

 district, N.E. Congo. No. 7.7.8.25. 



Rirer Likati, Welle 



than in Cynopterus. Orbit quite or nearly as large as in Cynopterus, 

 conspicuously larger than in Rousettus ; orbital diameter about 

 I of total length of skull ; front of orbit above back of p^ or 

 front of m'. Basicranial axis less deflected than in Rousettus, 

 nearly horizontal as in Cynopterus. Coronoid moderate or strong, 

 sloping ; condyle of mandible above level of alveolar line. 



