FRUIT-BATS. 
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collared fox-bat and yodng. (From the Proc. Zool. Soc. — After Sclater.) 
Burma, and the Malayan Islands to the Persian Gulf, Palestine, Africa, and 
Madagascar. They are distinguished from all the members of the genus Pteropus 
by the presence of a short tail, which is connected with the membrane between 
the legs, and likewise by their inferior size and less brilliant coloration, as 
well as by the fur on the back of the neck being no longer than that on the body. 
The collared tailed fox-bat ( X. collaris) is represented in the accompanying 
illustration. 
vol. i.—17 
The Tailed Fox-Bats. 
Genus Xaniharpyia. 
Closely allied to the common fox-bats are the tailed fox-bats, which are 
represented by a comparatively small number of species, ranging from India, 
