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ORDER CHIROPTERA—GENUS PTEROPUS. 
tliority of M. Temminck. M. GeoflTroy informs us that he himself de- 
tached many individuals of the species from the ceiling of one of the cham- 
bers of the Great Pyramid, and lienee he could have no doubt of one of 
its habitats. Subsequent investigation, however, has shown that it is 
found at Senegal, and is now supposed to be common to the whole of 
Northern Africa. 
The mu 2 zle of this Roussette is short, and the eyes equidistant between 
the nostrils and ears. The interfemoral membrane is broad, surrounding 
the coccyx, and enveloping half of the very short tail, the upper portion 
of which member is covered both above and below with long and frizzly 
hair. The incisors ate small, narrow, and symmetrically arranged ; the 
inferior are detached, and, like the upper, placed in pairs ; the false molars 
are very small. The fur is short, woolly, and close, except in the front 
of the neck, where the hairs are long and fewer. A dull grey forms the 
prevailing hue, which is deeper above than below ; the membranes are 
brownish-grey. The thumb is proportionally not so long as in the other 
species. 
24. PTEROPUS LESCHENAULTII.— SPOTTED ROUSSETTE. 
Syn. La Roussette Leschenaolt. — Isid. Geoff, in Diet. Class. d’Hist. Nat 
XIV. 702. — Teram. Mon. Mam. II. 86. — Desm. Mam. sp. 142. 
Icon. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
The Hair greyish-brown above, light fawn beneath ; the neck with a 
fawn-coloured collar. The Alar Membrane spotted with white in pa- 
rallel lines. 
The Tail very short, nearly free from the interfemoral membrane. 
Inhabits the East Indies. 
Specimens of this species have for a considerable time existed in the 
Paris Museum, and, more lately, three have been introduced into the 
collection at Brussels. It was originally discovered by the Naturalist 
whose name it beats, in the neighbourhood of Pondicherry, and M. Roux 
found specimens at Calcutta. The tail is almost entirely free from the 
interfemoral membrane, and about six lines long. The Spotted Roussette 
is of a light fawn colour on the abdomen, and greyish-brown on the back ; 
the back of the neck has a fawn-coloured collar upon it, and the head is 
dark brown. The ears are short and round. The superior and anterior 
portion of the membrane is marked with a number of whitish spots, ranged 
in parallel lines, more distinct in the young thiin in the aged. It is by 
mistake that M. Desmarest and Hamilton Smith have placed this species 
among the Tailless Bats. 
25. PTEROPUS AMPLEXICAUDATUS.— LONG-T.4ILED 
ROUSSETTE. 
Syn. La Roussette amplexicaude, (P. amplexicaudatus.) — Geoff. Ann. 
Mus. XV. 96.— Temm. Mon. Mam. I. 200. 
Icon. Ann. Mus. XV. pi. 4-, copied in Temm. Mon. Mam. L pi. 13, — II. pi. 
36, 6g. 18 and 19, (cranium and teeth.) 
specific characters. 
The Hair russet brown above, red brownish-grey beneath. 
The Tail as long as the femur, partly surrounded by the interfemoral 
membrane. 
Inhabits Timor, Amboyna, Sumatra, and the adjacent parts of Asia. 
This species is about the size of the Common Bat of Europe, ( Vesper- 
tilio murimts;) its eyes are equidistant between the eye and the nostril ; 
the alar membranes approximate on the medium line of the back ; the in- 
terfemoral is quite naked, and involves the upper part of the tail, which 
equals in length a line drawn from the anterior margin of the eye toXhe 
point of the nose. The incisors are small and symmetrically arranged ; 
the muzzle rather long. The fur is fine, smooth, and very short, though 
close ; it covers the extremities very imperfectly, and is quite wanting on 
the membranes of the side. The back, too, is but partially covered. 
Russet brown is the marking of the head and upper parts of the body, 
whilst a red brownish-grey, somewhat tinged with the colour of wine lees, 
is the tint of the under : in the male the red predominates, in the female 
the brown. All the members are of russet brown, and the fingers of yel- 
low-brown, which is also the colour of the naked tail. In the young the 
body is very sparingly covered with soft, fine, and sleek hairs. 
The discovery of this species is due to Messrs Lesson and Lesueur, 
during their voyage to Southern Australia. Messrs Diard and Duvaucel 
also mention, it has been captured in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen, 
and Temminck has examined specimens sent from Siam. 
26. PTEROPUS HOTTENTOTTUS HOTTENTOT 
ROUSSETTE. 
Syn. Roussette Hottentot, (P. Hottentoitos.) — Temm. Mon. Mam. II. 
87. — Smuts' Mam. Cap. p. 3. 
Icon. Temm. Moo. Mam. II. pi. 36, fig. 16 and 17, (cranium and teeth.) 
specific characters. 
The Hair light grey and brown above; dull brown beneath. The 
Membranes covered with hair beneath only. 
The Tail short, free at the base. 
Inhabits Southern Africa. 
The size of the Hottentot Roussette is somewhat larger than that of 
the Amplexicaudatus ; the alar membranes are similar in their connection 
and form, but better furnished with hair on their inner side ; the same re- 
mark applies to the interfemoral membrane, which has the appearance of 
the letter V reversed. The tail commences at this point ; it is quite free, 
but does not extend beyond the margin of the membrane ; its length only 
equals one half of the distance from the anterior margin of the eye to the 
point of the nose, or the half only of that of the Amplexicaudatus. The 
incisors are very small, symmetiically arranged, and contiguous; there 
is a space between the molars. The ears are short and rounded ; the 
muzzle long and conqiressed. The very short fur is fine, smooth, and 
close ; possessing two colours above, and only one underneath; above, 
tlie hairs are light grey at their base, and brown at the point, inclined to 
a russet shade in the male, and to dull brown in the female ; all the in- 
ferior parts, in both sexes, are mou.se-coloured. 
This species, therefore, presents the following distinguishing characters ; 
the shape of the interfemoral membrane at the coccyx, the shortness of 
the tail, which is free in the groove, and the length of the muzzle ; these, 
together with itsgreatersize, readily distinguish it from the Amplexicaudatus, 
with which it might most easily be confounded. The Hottentot Roussette 
has no indication of a siphon or of odoriferous glands. It is found in the 
neighbourhood of Cape Town, atid also in the interior. 
27. PTEROPUS LEACHII LEACH’S ROUSSETTE. 
Syn. Pterofus Leachii — Dr Smith, in Zool. Jour. IV. 4,43 Temm. Mon. 
Mam. II. 88. — Smuts Mam. Cap. p. 5. 
Icon. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
The Hair brownish-grey above ; dull grey beneath. The Membranes 
blackish. 
The Tail short and free. 
Inhabits Southern Africa. 
Leach s Roussette received its name and first description from the well 
known Naturalist, Dr A. Smith. It has the same locality with the last 
named, and Dr S. informs us that it is found abundantly in the gardens 
about Cape Town, during the fruit se.i.son, and often proves very destruc- 
tive to vineyards in the night. The colotir above is a sort of brownish- 
grey, beneath a dull pale smoke grey. The incisors are short, strong, re- 
gular, and rounded at the tips ; the head long ; ears of moderate length, 
and rounded at the apices ; the membranes are blackish, the interfemoral 
one only edging the inner side of each hinder extremity ; the tail is free. 
28. PTEROPUS MARGINATUS BORDERED ROUSSETTE. 
Syn. La Roussette a oreilles BoanfiES, (P. marginatus.) — Geoff. Ann. 
Mus. XV. 97 — Temm. Mon. Mam. I. 202. 
Icon. Ann. Mus. XV. pi. 5, copied in Temm. Mon. Mara. I. pi. 14. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
The Hair olive brown ; a white border round the ears. 
The Tail very short, almost free. 
Inhabits Bengal. 
The incisors of this species are very slender, and symmetrically arranged, 
though almost crowded between the canines ; the eyes are equidistant be- 
tween the nostrils and ears ; these appendages are of medium size, and 
bordered with a very distinct margin ; the tail is exceedingly short, and 
connected at its root with the interfemoral membrane ; the upper part of 
the humerus and alar membrane are well clad. The fur generally is spare, 
short, of an olive hrown colour; the chanfiin is somewhat full. 
A single individual of this species was sent to Paris from Bengal by the 
late M. Mace, and from this M. Geoffrey ’s original description (which 
has served for all the subsequent ones) was taken ; a re-examination is 
desirable, though its specific characters are sufficiently distinct. 
1 Smuts IM^m. Cap. — Dissertatio Zoologica, Enumerationem Mamraallum Capensfum contmens. Auctore Johanne Smuts. Leidce, 1832. 
