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Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XXXVII, 



4. Epomophorus anurus Heuglin. 



Plate XLIV, Fig. 1; Plates XLVI, XLVIL 



Epomophorus anurus Heuglin, N. Act. Ac. Caes. Leopold., XXXI, Abh. viii, 

 1864, p. 12. Bongo, Bahr-el-Ghazel, Sudan. 



Twenty-four specimens (20 skins, 4 in alcohol), all collected at Faradje, 

 Sept.-Oct., 1912. Males, 10, females, 14; only 12 specimens are adult. 

 Only 5 of the males have shoulder tufts, which are well developed in only 3. 



Collectors' measurements (5 males, 6 females): 



Head and body Foot Ear 



c? 139 (135-145) 23.5 (22-25) 23.6 (23-25) 



9 129 (125-135) 21.3 (21-24) 22.5 (21-25) 



For 2 adult females the length of the tail is given as, respectively, 2 and 

 3 mm.; in 3 immature females as, respectively, 2, 6, 2 mm. 



Measurements of Skull and Forearm in 5 Males and 6 Females. 







Condylo- 



Zygom. 



Upper 



Palatal 



Palatal 





Cat. No. 



Sex 



basal length 



breadth 



pm-m. series 



length 



breadth 



Forearm 



48733 



<? 



46.4 



24.9 





27 



12.6 



76 



«48734 



<? 



48.2 



23.6 



11 



28.1 



13.1 



77 



48738 



& 



45.8 



26.7 



11.8 



26 



13.2 



76 



48750 





46.8 



24.9 



9.6 



27.1 



12.5 



77 ■ 



48761 





46.5 



25 



10.7 



26.9 



13.1 



76 



Average 



& 



46.7 



24.6 



10.8 



27 



12.9 



76.4 



Minimum 



& 



45.8 



23.6 



9.6 



26 



12.5 



76 



Maximum 



C? 



48.2 



25 



11.8 



28.1 



13.2 



77 



48735 



9 



41.6 



23.2 



9.T 



23.7 



12.2 



75 



48732 



9 



42.1 



22.7 



9.7 



23.5 



11.6 



71 



48739 



9 



43.8 



23.9 



9.9 



24.5 



13.1 



73 



48740 



9 



42 



22.9 



9.9 



23.8 



12.1 



74 



48741 



9 



41.6 



22 



9.8 



23 



12.1 



74 



48744 



9 



40.9 



22.6 



9.8 



22.8 



11.4 



72 



Average 



9 



42 



22.9 



9.8 



23.5 



12.1 



73 



Minimum 



9 



40.9 



22 



9.7 



22.8 



11.4 



72 



Maximum 



9 



43.8 



23.9 



9.9 



24.6 



13.1 



75 



