Number iio February 25, 1922 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arbor, Michigan Published by the University 



BATS FROM PALAWAN, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 

 By Geover M. Aeeen 



The mammalian famia of the Philippine Islands is still so 

 imperfectly known that HoUister, in his excellent list of the spe- 

 cies, in 19 1 2, records but four bats for the large southwestern 

 island of the group, Palawan. For this reason it seems worth 

 while to place on record the following notes on a small collec- 

 tion of seven species made in this island at Puerto Prusse, by 

 the Beal-Steere Expedition some years ago, and now in the 

 collection of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 



Ptcropiis vauipynis lancnsis Mearns. — A single large fetus 

 seems to be referable to this fruit-bat, which is of general dis- 

 tribution throughout the archipelago. Hollister mentions 

 specimens from Palawan in the U. S. National Museum, 



Taplwzous pJiilippinciisis Waterhouse. — A single specimen 

 in the collection agrees with the general description. Water- 

 house does not record the exact origin of his type. Hollister 

 mentions it from Luzon and Mindanao. 



