SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Obs. This species, says Desmarest, when better known, 

 will probably form a new genus, intermediate between 

 Pteropus and Cephalotes. 



11. Cephalotes. Geoffroy. Dentition as stated by M. 



GeoiFroy : Incisive teeth -|, in the upper jaw p)<^frctly insu- 

 lated and distant from each other, in the lower almost close ; 

 canine -Li ; cheek teeth ^, in general worn down, the pos- 

 terior with large upper surface, without tubercles or ridges. 

 According to M. F. Cuvier, the teeth are: Incisors %\ ca- 

 nines W ; cheek teeth ||. No membranaceous appendage to 

 the nose. Index finger of one knoion species with a nail, of 

 the other without. Tail very short. Interfemoral membrane 

 sloped off; membrane of the wings attached to the dorsal line. 



166. 1. C PeromY (Peron's Cephalote.) Fur in some 

 brown, in others red. Wanting a nail on the index finger. 

 Body six inches long; expanse of wings about two feet two 

 inches. Tail nearly an inch long. 



Cephalotes Peronii, Geoff. Aim. du Mus. t. xv. p. 

 Icon. Geoffroy, Ann. Mus. xv. 

 Inhabits the Isle of Timor. 



167. 2. C. P all asii {Fallsis's Cephalote). Fur cinereous 

 gray above, pale white beneath, and undulated on the belly. 

 Nostrils prolonged into a tube, very distant and open. 

 The index finger provided with a nail. Body about four 

 inches long ; wings one foot four inches wide. Tail less 

 than an inch long. 



Cephalotes Pallasii, Geoff\ Ann. du Mus. t. xv. Vesper- 

 tilio Cephalotes, Pallas, Spic. Zool. fasc. iii. Harpyia, 

 Illiger, Prodromus Anim. Cephalote, Biff on, Supp. torn. in. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. tab. 1 and 2. Buffon, do. tab. 52. 



Inhabits the Moluccas. 



Obs. Pallas slates that his individual had bu( two upper 



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