384 EMBALLONURin.E. 



5. Taphozous longimanus. 



Taphozouslongimaniis, Hardioicke, Linn. Transact, xiv. p. 525 (1824): 



Temm. Monogr.Manim. ii.p. 289; Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 



X. p. 974 ; KelaaH, Prodr. Faurus Zeylaniom, p. 12 ; Wagner, Suppl, 



Schreb. Smigeth. v. p. G88 ; Horsfield, Catcd. Mammal. Mus. E. I. 



Comp. p. 41 ; Dobson, P)-oc. Asiat. Soc. Beng. Aug. 1872, p. 153; 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 55 ; id. Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p, 170, figs, a, b 



(187G). 

 Taphozous fulvidus et brevicaudus, Blyth, Jotirn. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 



X. p. 975. 

 Tapbozous cantori, id. xi. 784. 



The gular sac is large and we]l-developed, though not so large as 

 in T. saccolcemus ; in the female it is represented by a rudimentary 

 fold of skin and nakedness of the integument in the same situation *. 

 Radio-metacarpal pouch moderately developed. Inner margin of ear 

 smooth, not papillate ; ears about same size as in T. saccolcemus. 



Wings from the ankles. 



The fur of the head extends upon the face slightly in front of the 

 eyes ; the muzzle is almost quite naked ; the inner side of the ear- 

 conch is rather thickly covered with moderately long fine hair ; pos- 

 teriorly the ear is almost naked, but a few fine hairs are ranged along 

 the outer margin ; the tragus is quite naked. On the upper surface 

 the fur of the body extends upon the ■wing-membrane as far as a 

 line joining the middle of the humerus and femur ; posteriorly the 

 interfemoral membrane is covered as far as the point of exit of the 

 tail, along which some long fine hairs extend ; the remainder of the 

 interfemoral membrane is clothed with very short, almost invisible 

 fur, which extends along the tibise to the feet, becoming longer on 

 the terminal phalanges of the toes. 



Beneath, the fur in front of the gular pouch, under the chin, is 

 very short, and the skin there almost naked ; the antebrachial mem- 

 brane is covered with longer fur than upon the upper surface ; on 

 the wing-membrane the fur of the body extends more densely and 

 further outwards than on the upper surface, being limited by a line 

 joining the distal and middle thirds of the humerus and femur, but 

 a narrow band of hairs extends outwards to the carpus ; posteriorly 

 the interfemoral membrane is naked, except at the root of the tail. 



Pur varying from reddish brown to black, above and beneath, the 

 bases of the hairs whitish. 



Upper incisors small and very slender in some individuals, in the 

 greater number of specimens absent. 



Length, head and body 3"-l, tail 1"-15, head 0"'95, ear (an- 

 teriorly) 0"-8, tragus 0"-25, forearm 2"-46, thumb 0"'3, third finger 

 4"-2, fifth finger 2"-15, tibia 0"-95, calcaneum 0"-85, foot 0"-45. 



Hah. Indian Peninsula ; Ceylon ; Burmah. 



Abundant about Calcutta and in all the southern parts of the 

 Indian Peninsula ; not yet recorded from Northern India, nor from 

 the Himalaya. 



The colour of the fur varies very much. Among a large collection 



* See figures in 'Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt.' referred to above. 



