MAMMALIA. 
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over the body coarse. Length of body about ten inches ; expanse 
of wings upwards of three feet. Inhabits the Isle of France 
and Bourbon. 
Sub-Division II. — With a tail. 
Pteropus stramineus. —The Lesser Tern ate Bat. 
Fur reddish yellow ; neck red ; tail very short; length of body 
upwards of five inches ; expanse of wings two feet. Inhabits 
Timor and the Island of Ternate. 
Sub-Division III.— With wings upon the back. 
Pteropus palliatus. — The Pale Ternate Bat. 
Membrane of the wings attached to the dorsal line, giving it 
the appearance of a mantle. Body about four inches long ; tail 
six and a half inches ; extent of wings fourteen inches. 
Genus 3 _Cephalotes. — Geoffrorj. 
Generic Character. —Incisory teeth canines ; molars 
4 Z 4 ; total 32. Incisors in the upper jaw, insulated and distinct; 
in the lower, almost close ; upper surface of the molars large, 
flattened, without tubercles or ridges. No membranaceous 
appendage to the nose; index finger of one species with a nail, 
and of the other without one ; tail very short: interfemorai 
membrane sloped off; membrane of the wings attached to the 
dorsal line. 
Cephalotes Pallasii. —Pallas’s Cephalote. 
Plate VII. fig. 2. 
Fur ash-coloured gray above, pale white beneath, undulated on 
the abdomen; nostrils prolonged into a tube, very distant and 
open: index finger provided with a nail. Body about four 
inches long; wings one foot four inches when extended; tail 
not an inch long. Inhabits the Moluccas. 
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