SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Genus II. Galeopithecus, Pallas. 



Incisive teeth |, the two intermediate, in the upper jaw, 

 smaller than the others ; the edges of the lower incisors in- 

 dented. Canine teeth i^, small, but very sharp at the 

 point ; cheek teeth |4» the anterior similar to the canine 

 teeth, the posterior furnished with several points ; the 

 membrane envelops the neck, extremities, fingers, and the 

 tail ; fingers of the hands not longer than those of the feet ; 

 nails slender and semicircular ; mammse two, pectoral. 



286. 1. G. Rufus (the Colugo.) Fur red, lighter on the 

 belly and internal sides of the limbs ; no spots; length of 

 body about a foot. 



Lemur Volans, Linn. Sys. Nat. i. 45. Galeopithecus, 

 Pallas, Act. Acad. Sc. Peters. 1780. 280. 



Flying Macauco, Penn. 1, 234. Flying Colugo, Shaw, 1, 

 116. Galeopitheque Roux, Geoff. Mag. Encycl. Aude- 

 bert. Hist. Nat. des Singes. 



Icon. Audebert, Hist, des Singes. Pallas, Petersburg 

 Transaction's, 1780, copied in Shaw's Zool. i. 38. Pennant, 

 Quad. I. 50. copied in Shaw, Zool. i. 35. 



Inhabits the Molucca, Philippine, and Pelew Islands. 



287. 2. G. Variegatus (Varied Colugo.) Brown-red, varied 

 on the back, and the sides spotted with white ; length of 

 body, about six inches. 



Galeopithecus Variegatus, Cuv. Tabl. Elem. des A7iim. 

 p. 107. Audebert, Hist, des Singes, Sic. 



Icon. Audebert, Hist, des Singes, &c. pi. 2, of the Galea- 

 pithed. 



Obs. Probably either a young individual of the last pre- 

 ceding, or a variety of it. 



288. 3. G. Ternatensis (the Ternate Colugo.) Grayish- 

 red; tail slightly spotted, smaller than the preceding. 



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