2. PTEEOPUS. 53 



c', d'. imm. & ad. skiills. Madras. Sii- Walter Elliot fP.]. 



e . ad. skull of n. 



f. ad. skull. Zool. Soc. Coll. 

 g', h'. ad. skulls. 



t'. ad. skull. 



28. Pteropus edwardsii. 



Pteropus edwardsii, Qeofroy (in part), Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 92 



(1810) ; Peters, Beise nach Mossamhique, p. 23. 

 Pteropus phaiops, Temminck, Monogr. Mammal, i. p. 178 (1827) ; 



Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1869, p. 392. 



Slightly smaller than Pt. medius, but resembling that species 

 closely in the form of the head and ears, and generally in the colour 

 and distribution of the fur. 



The ears are, however, considerably shorter, and the face and 

 under surface of the lower jaw are deep black, not reddish brown as 

 in Pt. medius ; crown of the head and nape pale reddish yellow to 

 pale buff, coUar reddish yeUow to pale yellow, chest and abdomen 

 varying from pale yellow to reddish yellow, the sides of the body 

 beneath the wings dark reddish brown, as in the preceding species ; 

 back black, the hairs short and closely appressed and mixed with 

 more or less greyish hairs. In females the fur appears to be redder 

 and darker throughout. 



The fur on the chest and abdomen appears to be longer, and that 

 on the face shorter than in Pt. medius ; on the upper surface the 

 legs are clothed as far as the knees, the hairs thinning out towards 

 the knees ; on the forearm the fur is thin and flat, as in the Indian 

 species. 



The wings appear to arise closer to the spine than in Pt. medius, 

 and the fur clothing the back in this position occupies a narrower 

 space. 



Teeth very similar to those of Pt. medius ; but in young specimens 

 the second and third premolars, in both jaws, have a small posterior 

 basal process, which, however, soon becomes worn away. I have not 

 been able to find any other important differences between the teeth of 

 these two species, which agree very closely in the shape and relative 

 measurements of their skulls, as the following Table shows : — 



Extreme length 



Breadth across zygomatic arches 



From the postorbital foramen to the anterior ex 



tremity of tlie nasal bones 



From the postorbital foramen to the occipital crest 

 From the anteorbital foramento the anterior ex 



tremity of the nasals 



Length of the bony palate 



Width of ditto 



Space occupied by the last four upper molars 



Pt. medius. 



2-9 

 1-7 



1-3 

 1-75 



0-95 

 1-45 

 0-7 



0-8 



Pt. edwardsii. 



2-7 

 15 



1-2 

 1-55 



09 



1-35 

 0'65 



