FRUIT- BATS. 



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THE TAILED FOX-BATS. 

 Genus Xantharpyia. 



Closely allied to the common fox-bats are the tailed fox-bats, which are 

 represented by a comparatively small number of species, ranging from India, 



COLLARED FOX-BAT Ais*D YOUNG. (From the Proc. Zool. Soc. After Sclater.) 



Burma, and the Malayan Islands to the Persian Gulf, Palestine, Africa, and 

 Madagascar. They are distinguished from all the members of the genus Pteropus 

 by the presence of a short tail, which is connected with the membrane between 

 the legs, and likewise by their inferior size and less brilliant coloration, as 

 well as by the fur on the back of the neck being no longer than that on the body. 

 The collared tailed fox-bat (X. collaris) is represented in the accompanying 

 illustration. 

 VOL. i. 17 



