Mammalia. 53 



Lougth from nose to hinder part of back about eight inches, 

 expanse of wings two feet. 



Inhabits Mauritius and Bourbon. 



Pteropus fuscus, Briss. Reg. Anim. p. 217- Rouijette, Buff. 

 *• With tails. 



Pteropus jEgyptiacus, Geoff. (Egyptian Rousette.) Fur 

 woolly, and of a greyish brown colour, palest beneath ; head 

 shorter and broader than in the others of this division. Incisor 

 teeth small, slender, and regularly placed. Length five inches, 

 expanse of wings twenty inches. 



Inhabits Egypt, — found by Geoffroy in the Pyramids. 



Geoffrey. Mem. de Vlnstitut d' Egypte, and Ann. Mus. 

 t. XV. p. 96. 



Pteropus Leachii. (Leach's Rousette.) Above dusky brown 

 or greyish brown ; some specimens with pale cinnamon coloured 

 variegations particularly about the neck ; beneath, a dull smoke 

 grey with a faint tawny tint : throat in some pale rufous or dull 

 tawny ; fur of the neck considerably longer than that of the 

 body and extremities ; muzzle and ears black ; the latter nearly 

 half the length of the head, and rounded at the tips ; wing 

 membranes blackish brown with several partial longitudinal 

 veins on the inside of the fourth finger. Incisor teeth regular. 

 Length of head an inch and three quarters ; of body three 

 inches and three quarters ; of tail three quarters of an inch ; 

 expanse of wings eighteen inches. 



Inhabits South Africa. — Found in gardens about Cape Town 

 during the summer nights when the fruit is ripe. 



Zoological Journal, vol. ii. p. 433. 1829. Pteropus Hotten- 

 totus, Tern. Smuts. Dissert. Zool. exhib. enum. Mam. Cap. p. 3. 

 1832. 



Genus Nyctinomus. Geoffroy. 



Incisors I, canines \ ^, vrolars 5 3) — 28. Upper incisors co- 

 nical and contiguous, inferior ones very small; molars with 

 pointed tubercles ; nose fiat, ori a level with the lips, which are 

 deeply cleft and wrinkled ; ears large, united and lying over the 

 face ; auricle exterior ; tail long and extending beyond the inter- 

 femoral membrane ; win^s large ; thumb very short ; index 

 finger with only one phalanx ; hinder feet covered with long hair. 



Nyctinomus JEgyptiacus. Geoffroy. (Egyptian Nyctinome.) 

 Fur red above, brown beneath ; tail slender, and half of it en- 

 veloped by the interfemoral membrane, which is destitute of 

 muscular bands. Body about three inches long. 



Inhabits Egypt. 



Nyctinome d'Egyptc, Geoff. Mem. de V Institut de I' Egypte 

 Hist. Nat, t. ii. /)." 28, pi. 2, No. 2. 



