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with palate that alveolor line projected backward passes through 

 tympanic region or base of zygoma. Audital bulla reduced to a 

 mere ring. Externally characterized by absence of tail, narrow mter- 

 femoral membrane, well developed calcar, and large claw on index 



finger. 



Species examined. — Pteropus admiralitatum, Thomas, P. aldaoren- 



sis True, P. anetianus Gray, P. Brunneus Dobson, P. cagayanus 



Mearns, P capistratus 

 Peters, P chrysoproc- 

 tus Temminck, P. con- 

 spicillatus Gould, P- 

 coronatus Thomas, P. 

 dasymdllus Temminck, , 

 P. edwardsi Geoffroy, 

 P. faunulus Miller, P. 

 fuscus Dobson, P- ge- 

 minorum Miller, P. gi- 

 ganteus ( Briinnich ) , 

 P. gouldi Peters, P 

 grandis Thomas, P. 

 hypomela nus Tem- 

 minck, P. keraundren 

 Quoy and Gaimard, P. 

 lanensis Mearns, P. 

 lanigera H. Allen, P. 

 lepidus Miller, P. leu- 

 copterus Temminck, 

 P. livingstoni Gray, P. 

 lombocensis Dobson, 

 P. loochooensis Gray, 

 P. me I an o p o g on 

 Schlegel, P. modigli- 

 anii Thomas, P. molos- 



Fig. 8. — Ptekopus lepidus. Adult female. Saddle Island, Sinus 

 South China Sea. No. 101670, type. XI. 



Temminck. 



P. 

 natalis Thomas, P- 

 nicooaricus Zelebor, P. personatus Temminck, P. poliocephalus Tem- 

 minck, P pselaphon Say, P. rayneri Gray, P. rubricollis Geoffroy, 

 P. samoensis Peale, P. scapulatus Peters, P seychellensis Milne 

 Edwards, P. temminckii Peters, P. vampyrus Linnaeus, P. woodfordi 

 Thomas. 



Remarks. — Members of the genus Pteropus may be recognized by 

 the large number and simple structure of the teeth, combined with 

 the absence of the tail, and the presence of a well developed claw on 

 the index finger. The species are usually large, amono- them some 

 of the largest bats. 



