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Family GrALEOPITHECIDiE. 



59. G-aleopithecus volans (Linn.). The Flying Lemur. 



Galeopithecus temminekii, Cantor, p. 7. 



Galeopithecus volans, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 249, figs. 70 

 &71. 



" Kubong" or " Kurbong " of the Malays. 



'? " Bang " of the Siamese. 



Cantor gives as the habitat of this species " Singapore, Pinang, 

 and other Islands in the Straits of Malacca, Lancavy Islands. 

 Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Pelew Islands, Siam." 

 Dr. Anderson (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. part i. p. 153, 1881) 

 records a specimen from Perak : " skin of a young animal, much 

 variegated with grey, brownish and black, interspersed with white 

 spots," and others from Malacca. O. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, 

 p. 73) records specimens collected by Mr. Davison in the 

 Dindings and in Malacca. Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1 895, 

 p. 27) says it "is plentiful in some parts of Singapore," and 

 (J. S. B.R.A. S. no. 25, 1894, p. 58) records it from Kuala 

 Tahan, Pahang. In the Taiping Museum there are several 

 stuffed specimens from Larut, Perak ; there are also specimens 

 from Selangor in the Museum at Kuala Lumpor. 



A specimen shot at the foot of Grunong Pulai, Johore, was found 

 up a tree in the daytime. When disturbed it parachuted to a 

 neighbouring tree, and started climbing up the trunk ; it had a 

 young one clinging to it. 



A Penang example was obtained by moonlight, climbing on the 

 trunk of a tree about 60 feec above the ground. The iris was 

 dark brown, the ears pinky-red (this is very noticeable in life) ; the 

 stomach was very full, its contents apparently all vegetable 

 matter. 



Distribution. Tenasserim, Siam, Malay Peninsula (Lancavy, 

 Penang, Perak, Dindings, Selangor, Pahang, Malacca, Johore, 

 Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



Order CHIROPTERA. 



Family Pteropodid.e. 



The species of Pteropus, Large Fruit-Bats or " Flying-Foxes," 

 are known to the Malays as " Kliiang," " Keluang " or " Kelawang," 

 and to the Siamese as " Kang-khaw maa-kai " or " Chankhoo 

 maakai '' ; the meaning of this name I have not been able to make 

 out for certain, but if it was originally composed of the four words 

 that now compose it, would seem to suggest " The mother of the 

 fowls that shield the stars," a really poetic epithet for the largest 

 known bats. 



In some places in Siam the Buddhist priests consider these bats 

 sacred. During my time in Siam I seldom saw any Fruit-Bats, 

 but when they were seen they were invariably in large numbers, 

 as the following extracts from my diary show ;-=•» 



