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Blyth, Edwakd. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for February to May 
meetings, 1859. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XXVIII, 1859, pp. 271-298. 
Bats occur on South Andaman Island, and also a rat, not of recent introduction, but none 
have been identified. A mouse, apparently the house mouse of India, has been taken from 
the stomach of a snake ( Trigonocephalus) killed at Port Blair. Bones of Halicore indieus 
(==Diigong diigon) found in native hut. 
Blyth, Edward. Report of Curator, Zoological Department. Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Bengal, XXIX, 1860, pp. 87-115. 
Two collections of "sundries" from Captain Hodge, Port Blair, have increased the known 
mammal fauna of the Andamans to five species: Paradoxurus viusanga (=tytkrii), Mus anda- 
manensis (here first described), Mus manei, and Halicore indicxis (pp. 102-104). 
Blyth, Edward. The Zoology of the Andaman Islands. Mouat's Adventures and 
Researches among the Andaman Islanders, 1863, appendix, pp. 345-367. 
The first attempt to give a complete enumeration of the mammals of both Andamans and 
Nicobars. The following species mentioned: 
Macacus cynomolgtis (Nicobars). 
Semnopithecus sp. (The large monkey seen, but not taken, by Captain Lewis.) 
Pteropus nicdbaricus (Nicobars; no flying fox on the Andamans). 
Cynopterus marginatus (both groups). 
Fetis Chans f (Andamans). 
Paradoxurus musanga (Andamans). 
Mus andamanensis (Andamans). 
Mus manei (Andamans). 
Sus andamanensu (Andamans and apparently Nicobars also). 
DoBSON, G. E. Description of four new species of Malayan Bats. Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Bengal, XL, Pt. 2, pp. 260-267. September 25, 1871. 
Contains original descriptions of Cynopterusbrachysoma from the Andamans and Phyllorhina 
(=Hipposideros) nicobarensis from the Nicobars. 
DoBSON, G. E. Brief descriptions of five new species of Rhinolophine Bats. Journ. 
Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XLI, Pt. 2, pp. 336-338. December 22, 1872. 
Contains original description of Rhinolophus andamanensis. 
DoBsoN, G. E. On the Pteropidse of India and its islands, with descriptions of new 
or little-known species. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XLII, Pt. 2, pp. 194-205. 
September 8, 1873. 
Mention.^ the following species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 
Pteroptis nicobaricus (both groups). 
Cynopterus marginatus var. andamanensis (Andamans). 
Cynopterus scherzeri (Nicobars). 
Cynopterusbrachysoma (Andamans). 
DoBSON, G. E. Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera. 1876. Mentions the following 
species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 
Pteropus nicobaricus (both groups). 
Cynopterus marginatus (Andamans).' 
Cynopterus brachyotis (Andamans). i 
Cynopterus scherzeri (Nicobars). 
Cynopterus brachysoma (Andamans). 
Rhinolophus andamanensis (Andamans). 
Phyllorhina { = Hipposlderos) nicobarensis (Nicobars). 
Phyllorhina { = Hipposideros) bicolor (Nicobars). 
Miniopterus pusillus (Nicobars). 
Vesperugo tickelli (Andamans). 
Vesperugo pachypus (Andamans). 
Vesperugo abramus (Nicobars). 
' Dobson regarded these as varieties of one species. It is not clear whether he 
intended to record both from the Andamans. 
