SYNOPSIS OF THE 



brown, with a white border round the ears. Body about 

 three inches long ; expanse of wings about a foot. 



Cynopterus Marginatus, F. Cuvier, Dents des Mammi- 

 feres,p. 39, 



Rousette a oreilles bordees, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. t. xxv. 

 jo. 97. 



Icon. Ibid. pi. 5. 



Inhabits Bengal. 



Obs. M. F. Cuvier (Dents des Mammiferes) edits a new 

 genus under the name Cynopteres, from a head imported 

 by M. Duvaucel, with the cheek teeth fA. M. Cuvier identi- 

 fies this with P. Marginatus, Avhich M. Geoffroy had treated, 

 from the number and character of the teeth to be a Pteropus. 



164. 12. P. MmmM5 (the Kiodote.) Fur bright red, and 

 woolly. Tongue extensible, two inches in length, thick, 

 and covered with horny papillae, and the point turned back- 

 wards. About the size of P. Marginatus. 



Fteroi^us, Desmarest, Ency. Method. Mammalogie, sp. 147. 

 Rousette Kiodote, Geoffroy, Ann. du Mus. torn. xv. p. 97. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Java. 



Obs. We have already noticed that this is identified by 

 M. F. Cuvier with P. Rostratus, and is treated by him as 

 generically distinct. 



165. 13. P. Palliatus (the Mantled Rousette.) Covered 

 with silky straw-coloured hair. The membrane of the 

 wings attached to the dorsal line, and having the appear- 

 ance of a mantle. Length of body about four inches ; ex- 

 panse of wings one foot fourteen inches. Length of tail 

 seven inches. 



Pteropus palliatus, Geoff. Ann. duMus. xv. p. 99 



Icon. 



Inhabits India. 



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