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ORDER CHIROPTERA. 
GENUS PTEROPUS. 
femur, are chestnut, passing into blackish on the abdomen, and near the 
humerus; the membranes are black, female differs from the male 
in having the back of a shining black colour, the loins of a lively chestnut, 
and the inferior parts dark chestnut. 
a PTEROPUS MACKLOTII.— MACKLOrS ROUSSETTE. 
Syn. Roossettk de Macelot.— Pieropus Macklotii — Temm. Mon. Mam. 
II. pi. 69. 
Icon. Temm. Mon. Mam. II. pi. 35, fig. 5. 
SPECirre CHARACTERS. 
The Hair on the back brick red ; elsewhere yellow or brown. 
The Ears large and naked. 
An Odoriferous Gland, covered by a bunch of coarse hairs on each 
side of the neck, in the male only. 
Inhabits the Moluccas and New Guinea. 
This species, like the former, has not hitherto been introduced to the 
notice of the English reader. It rests upon the same respectable author- 
ity as the preceding, the late M. Macklot having published an account 
of it. 
The expanse across the wings is less, in proportion to the length of the 
body, than in Edwards’ Roussette, (No. 3,) though it is not so short and 
stout as in some which have been enumerated. The interfemoral mem- 
brane is of medium breadth, extending along the tibia aud femur, and 
uniting round the coccyx, the membrane only being partially hid by the 
fur. The ears are large and n.iked. In the male there is a great bunch 
of coarse oily hairs upon the side of the neck, covering an odoriferous 
gland beneath ; the upper incisors are uniform and well set, the lower 
are small aud crowded : there is no false molar in the upper jaw, but a large 
obtuse one in the lower. The robe is long and silky, supplied with 
woolly hairs at the inferior parts, whilst those of the back and extremi- 
ties are short and shining ; the lower side of the membrane, from the 
flanks to the extremity of the fore-arm, is clad with a thick woolly co- 
vering. 
In the adult male the crown of the head and the nape are pale yellow ; 
the cheeks and throat, brown ; the chest, golden-brown ; abdomen, 
chestnut; sides of the neck and shoulder, golden-yellow; all the back 
and the extremities are covered with shining brick-red hair ; the mem- 
branes possess the colour of a faded leaf. The adult female differs much 
from the male. It wants the oily apparatus ; the crown of the head and 
nape are of a dull pale yellow, and this colour, shaded with a little brown, 
pervades the neck, cheeks, and throat ; the chest is in a great degree bare ; 
all the inferior parts of the body are of a dull yellowish-brown, whilst the 
back is of a beautiful pale and shining yellow. The females are often 
larger than the males. 
9. PTEROPUS DASYMALLUS.— THE WOOLLY ROUSSETTE. 
Syn. Roussette Lainecse.— Pterofus Dasyjiallus.— Temm. Mam. I. 180. 
P. Rubricollis. — Sicb.' Spicil. Japon. p. 13. 
Icon. Roussette Lainecse. — Temm. Mon. Mam. I. pi. 10. 
SPECIFIC characters. 
The Hair brownish or yellowish ; very long and woolly. 
The Interfemoral Membrane rudimentary. The Coccyx free. The 
Ears small, pointed, and naked. The Membranes covered with hair, 
except the metatarsal. 
Inhabits Japan. 
The general dimensions of this Roussette are smaller'than Edwards’ ; 
and the wings smaller, in proportion to the body, than the rest of the 
'mnus. The interfemoral membrane is rudimentary along the posterior 
extremities, and wanting round the coccyx, being only visible at the heel, 
and hid elsewhere under the thick fur ; the ears, too, are small, pointed, 
and very much concealed ; the upper incisors are large, uniformly and 
regularly set ; the lower are small and in pairs, having no anomalous 
tooth behind the upper canine, but a broad and bilobed false molar be- 
hind the lower one ; in all, there are four molars above, and six below. 
The coat is very woolly, and long throughout ; the side membranes are 
clad both .above and below ; all the extremities are covered with long hair, 
leaving the metatarsal bones alone covered with a naked membrane ; those 
on the region of the coccyx are long. 
The face and summit of the head, the cheeks, and regions of the ear, are 
brown, mixed with grey ; the front and side of the neck, the nape, and 
all the posterior portion of the neck and shoulders, are of a dull yellowish- 
white ; all the other parts of the body are of a deep brown, the points of 
the hairs being ochrous. The ears are naked, the points alone being 
visible. The membranes are dark brown. 
The habitat of this species is Japan, where, according to M. Siebold, it 
bears the name of Sabaosiki. 
10. PTEROPUS URSINUS URSINE ROUSSETTE. 
Syn. Pterofus Ubsinus. — K ittliiz. 
Roussette a pieds Velos ou Ursine. — Temm. Mon. Mam. II. p. 70. 
Pterofus Pselapbon.— G. Tradescant Lay, Zool. Joum. IV. 457. 
Icon, Roussette a fieds Velus ou Ursine.— Temm. Mon. Mam. II. pi. 37. 
SPECIFIC characters. 
The Hair grizzly black, long and bushy. 
The Interfemoral Membrane rudimentary. The Ears very short 
and pointed. The Membranes and Fingers covered with hair. 
Inhabits the Bonin Islands, near Japan. 
The first account of this animal was supplied by Mr Tradescant Lay. 
It was noticed by him in the Island of Bonin, at the time that the 
Blossom Frigate, commanded by Lord Byron, lay in that station. He 
was greatly struck with the very great contraction of the pupil under the 
influence of the solar ray. We extract the following particulars from his 
interesting account : — “ In tliis blind condition it climbs trees, groping 
its way up to the topmost branches, where, after extending its claws to 
learn whether there be another sprig within reach, still higher than its pre- 
sent situation, it quietly drops its weight upon the hind claws, and there 
composes itself to rest, apparently with as much felicity as a traveller feels 
after descending some perilous height. When captured it was often ob- 
served to sneeze. When thirsty, it descends a tree on the margin of the 
rill, and after sipping a little refreshment, re-ascends the trunk, and takes 
its departure from the branches. It is not a bad swimmer. Those which 
were taken on board the frigate and confined did not discover any sign of 
fear, and ate, without repining, the fruit that was given them ; and on 
their being set at liberty, they climbed to the highest part of the rigging, 
and there found a convenient place for repose." 
The great intolerance of light is a character which is common nearly 
to all Bats ; and hence the name pselaphon , (alluding to its powers of touch 
being superior to those of sight,) proposed by Mr Lay, is very far from 
being specific. The name Uriinus was given by M. Kittlitz, who circum- 
navigated the globe in a Russian vessel. Mr Lay mentions that this spe- 
cies sucks the juice without devouring the pulp of fruits. 
This species has a close resemblance to the preceding. The most cha- 
racteristic differences are to be found in the form of the cranium, in the 
fingers being covered with hair, and in the length and colour of the robe. 
The dimensions are somewhat larger in this species, but this is a character 
not to be depended on. As in the Woolly Roussette, the ears are very 
short, pointed, and scarcely appear beyond the thick fur with which the 
whole body, the membranes, and even the feet, are clad. This last cha- 
racter is the more remarkable, as it not only serves, at first glance, to dis- 
tinguish the two species, but also as specially characterizing this one from 
all others ; none besides possessing hair upon the metatarsal region nor upon 
the fingers. The interfemoral membrane surrounds, in a very rudimentary 
state, the whole of the coccygeal region ; it is totally hid by the long fur, 
and is only visible at the heel. The cranium is large, bulging, much con- 
tracted between the zygomatic arches, which are much stronger and 
wider than in the preceding species, and the superciliary ridges are more 
perfect ; the muzzle is shorter and broader ; the teeth are the same. 
The fur is longer than in the Woolly Roussette, and consists of two 
kinds, one very bushy, like cotton, and the other very long and silky ; 
the inner part of the membranes, as well as the feet, are abundantly sup- 
plied with these hairs. The whole of the cottony fur js of a sooty-black 
colour ; the pubic region and the fingers are deep chestnut ; the whole 
of the silky hairs have their points greyish, which gives to the whole robe 
a grizzly black appearance ; the head is quite black, as are all the extre- 
mities. 
11. PTEROPUS VULGARIS COMMON ROUSSETTE. 
Syn . La Roussette vulgaire. — Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 114. 
Pterofus vulgaris. — Geoff. Ann. Mus. XV. 92. — Temm. Mon. Mam. 
I. 182, II. 74. 
Vesfertilio VaMPYRUS. — Linn. Gmel. I. 
Icon. La Roussette.— Buffon, Hist Nat X. pi. 14, copied in Schreb. Saiigth. 
pi. 44. 
Roussette Vulgaire, (Jcune de I’annee.) — Temm. Mon. Mam. IL 
pi. 38. 
* SiEB. Spicil. Jafon A. Siebold, Dissertatio de Historia Naturalis in Japonia statu, etc., cui accedunt Spicilegia Fauns Japoaica;. Batav. 1824. 
