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developed claw; tail about 16 millimeters long. Color varying 

 from dark brown to yellowish-brown. 



Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoifroy). 



1810. Pteropus amplexicaudatus Geoffeoy, Ann. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 



15, 96. 

 1870. Eleutherura philippinensis Gray, Cat. Monk., Lemurs, and 

 Fruit-eat. Bats, 119. (Manila, Luzon.) 



1904. Rousettus amplexicaudatus Tkouessaet, Cat. Mamm., Suppl., 60. 



Type locality. — Timor Island. Guimaras (Steere) ; Luzon 

 (Thomas) ; Negros (Elliot) ; Samar (Peters). 



Genus PTEROPUS Brisson. 



1762. Pteropus Brisson, Regn. Anim., 2 ed., 13. Type. — Vespertilio 

 vampyrus LinNjEUS. 



Large fruit-bats (one species the largest bat known). Tail 

 absent; interfemoral membrane narrow; calcar well developed; 

 well developed claw on index finger. Fur of nape of neck and 

 shoulders differing in color or quality from that of back. 



Pteropus cagayanus Mearns. 



1905. Pteropus cagayanus Meaens, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 28, 433. 



Type locality. — Cagayan Sulu. Cagayan Sulu (Mearns). 



Pteropus hypomelanus hypomelanus Temminck. 



1853. Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, Esquiss. Zool. sur la Cote de 

 Guine, 61. 



Type locality. — Ternate. Dinagat (Giinther) ; Guimaras 

 (Elliot) ; Leyte (Steere) ; Mindanao (Giinther) ; Panay (Steere). 



Pteropus leucopterus Temminck. 



1853. Pteropus leucopterus Temminck, Esquiss. Zool. sur la Cote de 



Guine, 60. 

 1870. Pteropus chinensis Gray, Cat. Monk., Lemurs, and Fruit-eat. 



Bats, 111. [Probably Luzon, see Andersen, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (1909), VIII, 3, 213, footnote.] 



Type locality. — Philippine Islands. Cagayan (Elera) ; Luzon 

 (Andersen) . 



Pteropus pumilus Miller. 



1910. Pteropus pumilus Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, 394, 

 August 19. 



Type locality. — Palmas Island, southeast of Mindanao. Pal- 

 mas (Miller). 



Pteropus speciosus Andersen. 



1908. Pteropus speciosus ANDERSEN, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, 

 2, 364, October. 



Type locality. — Malanipa Island, off Zamboanga. Malanipa 

 (Andersen); Sibutu (Andersen), 



