NO. 1209. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR MAMMALS— MILLER. 785 
PTEROPUS FAUNULUS, new species. 
Type.—KiixxM male (skin and skull) No. 111730, U.S.N.M. Col- 
lected on Car Nicobar, January 23, 1901, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 
Original number 'S'6-^. 
Chara€te7's. — A member of the subgenus S2:)ectrum as defined by 
Matschie. Size very small (forearm 110 mm. ) ; ears triangular-poin ted ; 
color tawny, the face and back strongly tinged with hair brown; skull 
and teeth essentially as in Pteropus lepidus^ but much smaller. 
Fu7\ — The fur of the back is silky in texture and closely appressed, 
the individual hairs 10-12 mm. in length. On rump, thighs, and inter- 
femoral region it becomes distinctly woolly in texture, though less so 
than on other parts of the body. It extends on leg to knee, below 
which there is a sparse sprinkling of hairs along inner surface of tibia. 
Fur of shoulders, head, neck, and underside of body loose and woolly 
in texture, therefore appearing much longer than that of back, though 
the length of the individual hairs is everywhere about the same. On 
under surface the fur extends about to knee and elbow. Beyond the 
latter point it is continued as a sparse sprinkling of fine hairs to mid- 
dle of forearm. 
Memhranes. — The membranes show few peculiarities worthy of 
note. The uropatagium is reduced to a mere rim, except along legs, 
where it is about 12 mm. in width. Between knee and body it is 
entirely concealed by the fur above, but only partially below. Propata- 
gium naked above, sprinkled with fine hairs below. Wing membranes 
entirely naked above except for an inconspicuous sprinkling of fine 
hairs close to bod}^ and along forearm. Below they are scantily furred 
to line joining elbow and knee, also along forearm. 
Ears. — The ears are of moderate size, proportionally about as in 
Pterojnis lepidm., P. hyprrmelanus or /'*. nicoharlcus and smaller than 
in P. meduis from Tenasserim and Lower Siam. In form they are quite 
distinct from those of any of the related species. Anterior border 
nearly straight from l)ase to about middle, then after a faint convexity 
again nearly straight to tip. Extremity very narrowly rounded, less 
than 1 nmi. in width. Posterior border nearly straight from tip to 
a little above middle, than abruptly convex for a distance of a few 
millimeters; beyond this, nearly straight to slightly above small but 
distinct antitragal lobe. At tip the anterior and posterior borders 
form an angle of about 80°. The convexity of the posterior border is 
so abrupt as to be almost angular. 
Color. — Back hair brown, considerably darker than Ridgway's PI. iii, 
fig. 12, ever3^where intermixed with ochraceous buff. Anteriorly 
the brown is in excess of the buff, but posteriorly the buff becomes 
more conspicuous until on rump it practically excludes the darker 
» For figure see Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., II, p. 238, August 20, 1900. 
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