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GALEOPITHECUS. COLUGO. 
Generic Character. 
Denies Primores superiores 
nulli. 
Inferiores sex, lati5breviusculi, 
distantes, pectinati. 
Lamarii brevissimij trianguli, 
lati, acuti, serrati. 
Mo/ares quatuor, truncati, 
prominentiis conicis muri- 
rati. 
Pellis volatica corpus caudam 
artusque ambiens. 
Front-teeth m the upper jaw 
none. 
In the lower six, short, broad, 
distant, pectinated. 
Canine -teeth very short, trian- 
gular,broad,sharp, serrated. 
Grinders four, truncated, and 
muricated with conical 
protuberances. 
Flying- skin surrounding the 
body, limbs, and tail. 
JL HIS singular animal^ which^ from its size and 
extraordinary conformation^ claims a conspicuous 
place among the productions of Nature^, has but 
lately been examined with the degree of exact- 
ness necessary for ascertaining clearly its generic 
characters. It is to Dr. Pallas that we owe the 
exact knowledge of these particulars, and an ac- 
curate description, accompanied by good figures, 
may be found in the Transactions of the Academy 
of Petersburg, for the year 1780. 
