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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 inter- 
femoral membrane, well developed calcar, and large claw on index 
finger. 
Species examined. — P ter opus admiralitatuw J Thomas, P. aldabren- 
Dobson, P. cagayanus 
Mearns, P. capistratus 
Peters, P. chrysoproc- 
tus Temminck, P. con- 
spicillatus Gould, P. 
coronatus Thomas, P. 
dasymallus Temminck, 
P. edioardsi Geoffroy, 
P. f annulus Miller, P. 
fuscus Dobson, P. ge- 
minor.um Miller, P. gi- 
ganteus (Brunnich) , 
P. goiddi Peters, P. 
grandis Thomas, P. 
hypomelanus 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. m el an o p o g o n 
Schlegel, P. modigli- 
anii Thomas, P. molos- 
sinus Temminck, P. 
natalis Thomas, P. 
nicobaricus 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 P ter opus 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, among them some 
of the largest bats. 
sis True, P. anetianus Gray, P. Brunneus 
Fig. 8. — Pteropus lepidus. Adult female. Saddle Island, 
South China Sea. No. 101670, type. xl. 
