FRUIT- BATS. 



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The Tailed Fox-Bats. 



Genus Xantharpyia. 



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

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



COLLARED FOX-BAT AND YOCNG. (From the Proc. Zool. Soc.—Miei Sclater.) 



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

 Madagascar. They are distinguished from all the membei'S of the genus Pieropxis 

 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 

 weU as bj' the fur on the back of the neck being no longer than that on the body. 

 The collared tailed fox-bat (A'', collaris) is represented in the accompanying 

 illustration. 



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