MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 495 



I have given no synonymy in this case, as stated in a previous Report 

 (No. 9) on the Mysore Loris, it is difficult to make any definite statement 

 about the Slender Loris until some specimens are obtained from Ceylon 

 and as some are expected shortly, the subject is being left until the 

 Ceylon material arrives. 



" Probably fairly plentiful in Coorg, although apparently rare on the 

 "Western side of India as far North as North Kanara. Not easy to find in 

 thick jungle without the help of natives, owing to its sluggish and nocturnal 

 habits and powers of concealment by day among the thick foliage of high 

 trees. 



Blanford records that this species has no tail which he gives as one of 

 the distinguishing features between this genus and Nycticebus, but al- 

 though short (averaging 7 mm. in length) and inconspicuous, a slender 

 external tail is at all events occasionally present. 



Natives in South Coorg distinguish two kinds of Loris, one of them 

 having a distinct tail. I suggest from their descriptions that individuals 

 with more noticeable tails, than those 1 examined, occasionally occur. 



Shortly after I left Coorg, Mr. Graham obtained a female together with 

 an apparently recently born young one (March 16th)."— G.C.S. 



Vernacular name c^Hunibiunna, Singalika, Kard Munishya. 



RoUSETTtJS LESCHENAULTI, Desm, 



The fulvus Fruit-Bat. 



1820. Pteropus leschenaulti, Desmarest, Encycl. Mith. Mamm. 1, p. 11. 



1825. ,, ample xicaudatus, Temm, Mon. Mamm. 1, p. 200. 



1835. „ pijrivorus, Hodgs. J.A.S.B. IV, no. 48, p. 700. 



1843. Cynopterus affinus, Gray, List. Mamm. B.M., p. 39. 



1870. Eleutherura fulic/inosa, Gray, Cat. Monk, etc., p. 119. 



1870. Eleutherura marginata, Gray. Cat. Monk, etc., p. 119. 



1873. Cynonycteris infuscata, Peters, M.B. Akad, Berlin, p. 487. 

 1 S • Virajpet, S. Coorg. 

 1 S • Nagarhole, S. Coorg. 



A dull brown fruit bat about 5 inches long ; very short tail. The 

 example taken weighed 3|^ ozs. 



" Apparently very much less plentiful than Cynopterus. Two specimens 

 were shot while resting inside verandahs, on one occasion in company with 

 a number of Cynopterus sphinx.'''' — G.C.S. 



Cynopterus sphinx, Vahl. 



The Southern short-nosed Fruit Bat. 

 (Synonymy in No. 6.) 

 5 6 6,^ $ ? . Virajpet, S. Coorg. 



{See also Reports Nos. 6 and 9.) 



A fruit bat about 4 inches long of varying shades of brown, the shoulders 

 having a brighter yellowish brown tint. Very short tail, less than ^ inch 

 long. 



" Very plentiful in Coorg. In the vicinity of houses, they have an un- 

 pleasant habit of resting inside verandahs throughout the night and 

 dropping quantities of half eaten figs. They can be driven away by 

 branches, which are hung up inside the verandahs, and which interfering 

 with their flight keep them away. 1 never observed this habit among any 

 of the small fruit bats that swarmed in Java." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular names : — ' Ili-nurrasi ' (Flying rat), Hara-nurrasi. 



