348 EMBALLONUBIDJ3. 



219. Taphozous theobaldi. Theobald's sheath-tailed Bat. 



Taphozous theobaldi, Dobson, P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 152 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1875, p. 550 ; id. Mon. As. Chir. p. 168 ; id. Cat. Chit: B. M. 

 p. 381 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 147. 



No gular pouch. Ears larger than in any other species, the 

 inner margins papillate. Radio-metacarpal pouch larger even 

 than in T. melanopogon. No black beard has been observed. 



The wing and interfemoral membranes are quite naked above ; 

 the limit of the body-fur in the lumbar region is defined by a well- 

 marked line convex inwards (in T. melanopogon and T. nudiventris 

 the convexity is outwards). In other respects, except size, this 

 species does not appear to differ from T. melanopogon. 



Dimensions. Head and body 3'35 inches, tail 1'35, ear from base 

 of outer margin 1-1, forearm 3. 



Distribution. Tenasserim. One specimen from Bushire, Persian 

 Gulf, is identified with the species in Anderson's Catalogue. 



I have been unable to examine a specimen, and the above 

 description is taken from Dobson's. 



220. Taphozous longimanus. The long-armed sheath-tailed Bat. 



Taphozous longimanus, Hardwicke, Tr. L. S. xiv, p. 525 (1823) ; 



Blyth, J. A. S. B. x, p. 974, xiii, p. 490, xx, p. 156, xxi, p. 348, 



xxii, p. 414, xxiv, p. 711 ; id. Cat. p. 29; Jerdon, Mam. p. 31 ; 



Dobson, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 551 ; id. Mon. As. Chir. p. 170 ; id. Cat 



Chir. B. M. p. 384 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 147. 

 Taphozous fulvidus andT. brevicaudus, Blyth, J.A.S. B. x, pp. 975, 



/ U. 



Taphozous can tori, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 784. 



Taphozous longimanus and T. brevicaudus, Kelaart, Prod. p. 12. 



A well-developed gular sac in males, in females it is represented 

 by a fold of the skin and the absence of hair in the area between 

 the fold and the chin. Eadio-metacarpal pouch moderately 

 large. Inner margin of ear smooth, not papillate. 



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 Fig. 115. Head of Taphozous longimanus, male and female. (Dobson, P. Z. S.) 



Wings from the tibiae just above the ankles. On the upper 

 surface of the wing-membrane the hair extends as far as a line 

 joining the middle of the humerus with that of the femur ; on the 



