PTEEOMYS. 297 



Pteromys baberi, Blyth. 



Sciuropiera 5«3m^ Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1847, vol. xxvi. p. 866; ibid. vol. xviii. 1859, 

 p. 278. 



This species is founded on a drawing of Sir Alex. Burnes' representing the 

 Moosh-i-baldar of the mountainous districts of Mjrow, " and identified by him as 

 the flying fox of the translation of Baher's Memoirs." Blyth states that the upper 

 parts are pale, f ulvescent, ashy brown, darker on the limbs ; tail broad and bushy, 

 and tipped with blackish ; under parts, dull white, with a ferruginous margin to the 

 membrane underneath. Blyth's reason for not identifying this figure with P. Jim- 

 binatus was because the animal was said to be 2 feet long, whereas he could not 

 conceive of P. fimhriatus ever exceeding 19 inches. 



Pteromts pulverulEntus, Giinther. 



Sciurojiterns pulverulentus, Gthr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1873, p. 413, pi. xxxviii. 



This is a small species, brownish-black, with many of the hairs grizzled with 

 yellowish, due to the presence of sub-apical yellowish bands, as the tips of the hairs 

 are black. The basal two-thirds of the fur are greyish, passing gradually into 

 brownish-black, which is succeeded by the yellowish ring, ending in the black tips. 

 This grizzling extends on to the parachute, but not to the same degree as on the 

 body and head. The grizzling of the feet is carried to such an extent that they are 

 hght brownish. The under parts are yellowish-white, the yellowish being more 

 marked on the mesial line, and on the scrotum and anal region, which are slightly 

 orange. The sides of the belly and the under surface of the parachute are pale 

 yellowish-brown, the inside of the limbs being more yellowish-orange. The under- 

 surface of the margin of the membrane is pale yellowish- grey. The tail is dis- 

 tichous and bushy, the fur at its base being shorter than on the remainder, and it is 

 pale greyish-brown, the hairs being blackish at the tips. The line above and the Kne 

 below are brownish-black, and their hairs have sub-apical blackish bands. The 

 under surface of the base of the tail is concolorous with the area around the 

 vent. 



Cheek-bristles are not observable. The ears are short and pointed, and covered 

 behind with short black hairs. The incisors are pale yellow. 



Inches. 



Length of body from muzzle to root of tail . , . . . .10 

 „ of tail . 9 



This species has been received from Pinang and Malacca. 



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