80 MR, C. BODEN KLOSS ON 



Tlift head nnd boil_v are about 18 inclies long, the tail 6 inches 

 on I}'. 



Sknll of the present examj)le : —greatest length, 100; basal 

 length, 87 : palatal length, 38 ; rostral breadth, 23; least interorbital 

 breadth, 12.5; greatest cranial breadth, 39; zygomatic breadth, 58; 

 pm'— m' ( alveolar), 23 2 ; pm, —nij ( alveolar ) 23.1; least alveolar 

 breadth of palate between ni'— ni', 22 mm. 



The genus Ailiirin is distinguished from Fclis bv the large size 

 of the anterior |)i-eninlars and by the two distinct roots to each of the 

 iip[>er pair of these teeth. The clipek teeth are unusually long and ai'e 

 remarkable on account of th? height of tlieir cusps. The canines are 

 also marked!}' long. 



Amongst other local cats the skull is most nearly resembled in 

 form by those of Felis ieniiiiincki and F. I eii'/uleiisin, but it is more 

 elongate than either, with a more jironounced muzzle, while tlie orbits 

 are surrounded by complete bony rings, the posterior portions of which 

 are broad. 



4. Pteropus vampyrus malaccensis. 



Pirrojititi f'liiipi/iiis nid'ufirnsis. Andersen, Ann. iuul .\bi2;. Xiit. Ili-t. 



(8) n, p, ;^(i.S (11)08); id. in Kli.ss, P.Z S , I'.Hi;. p. :59. 

 Pterojm.t riiiiijiiinis, rioiiliote, Fiiscicnli Mnlavenses, /odl.. Pi I. p. 14 



(1903). 



1 S imm. Bangnara, Patani, Peninsular 8iani. Collected bv 

 Mr. C. J. Aagnard [No. 2110]. 



This is the lai'gest of all the fruit-bats or "flying fo.xes" and has 

 not been recorded with certainty farther north in the Peninsula, 

 thougl) it occurs again in S. E. Sinm. Elsewhere in Siani and in 

 Tenasserini its place is taken by a smaller s-pecies known as 7'. inicr- 

 wediiig, Andersen. 



5. Hipposideros bicolor. 



//i/i/iiif^iiliriix liii-iihir, Tcnini.. l\Ion. Mnnnn., If. p. IS ( 1 8;!.")- 1 1 ) ; 

 lUaiit'ord, Fiuin. lirit. Iml., .M.iunn., p. 1^89 (1891). 



1 cf adtdt in alcohol. Bangnara, Patnni, Peninsular Siam. 

 Collected by :\rr. C. J. Aagaard [ No. 2088 ]. 



This example of the bicohinred leaf-nosed Bat is rather small. 

 the forearm measuring 31 millimetres. 



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