30 Remarks on Pteropus Edulis Geoffroy. 



feet. inch. 



Femur, 0 2 



Tibia, 3* 



Hind paw, 2 



Its claw (cord to arc), . . 



Length of ear, 1 



Between ears, 1 



Between shoulders across 



back, 2| 



Breadth of interfemoral 



membrane \l 



incisors, canines, molars. 



rr 4 1.1 4.4 



Teeth, or 



4 1.1 6.6 



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10 



6 



10 



8 



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4 — 



1.1 



— 0.0 



— 4.4 



4 — 



1.1 



— 1.1 



— 5.5 



Incisors, square, blunt, separate. Canines large, quadrangular 

 (being flattened on all four sides), the lower canines flat posteally, 

 anteriorly round. Upper Molars, trenchant, conical, triangular, 

 longitudinally bifid, two next flat, oblong, longitudinally bifid, t. e, 

 a groove runs along upper surface, dividing each tooth into two 

 blunt tubercles. Last Molar flat, rudimentary. Behind lower canine, 

 a small rudimentary flat tooth. Next to which molar long, conical. 

 Four next oblong flattened. Last one small. All of them fur- 

 rowed by a longitudinal hollow into two blunt lateral tubercles.* 

 All the teeth are separate, and when the jaws are closed partially in- 

 terlock. 



Tongue. — Long, narrow, with supplementary tip; thick strong 

 papillae on upper surface. 



Nose. — Septum deeply bifid, broad; nostrils semi- circular; muz- 

 zle almost bare, leathery, with small vibrissse. 



Ear. — Conical, sharp-pointed, plain, no developed tragus ; trans- 

 verse lamina. 



Eye. — Pupil round, contracted to a point in day-light. 



* These tubercles become obsolete by age, and the surface of molars 

 flattens. 



