MAMMALS OF LIBERIA DIO 
Myonycteris leptodon Andersen 
Myonycteris leptodon Andersen, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 2, p. 450, 1908: Sierra Leone. 
Small, forearm 61 mm., distinguished from other fruit bats by the teeth, five above and six 
below, posterior to the canine; color dark brown with a tawny-olive ruff on the fore neck. Sierra 
Leone and Liberia. 
Under the name Cynonycteris torquata Jentink listed a specimen of this 
species procured by Biittikofer at Schieffelinsville on the Junk River, and a 
second specimen is recorded by Andersen from Sierra Leone. Probably it is the 
western representative of the Congo species, M. wroughtoni. 
Megaloglossus woermanni Pagenstecher. Long-tongued Fruit Bat 
Megaloglossus woermanni Pagenstecher, Zool. Anz., vol. 8, p. 245, 1885: Sibange Farm, Gaboon. 
Small, forearm 43 mm., cheek teeth five above and six below, tail practically absent, fifth 
metacarpal much shorter than third; color dark brown, the males with a paler ruff about the neck. 
Liberia to Congo. 
This is another species of the West African forest region, of which Bittikofer 
secured an adult female at Schieffelinsville in a native hut. Miller records two 
from Mount Coffee. 
It is remarkable that in spite of many evenings spent watching for bats in 
Liberia we saw extremely few, only two of which were probably fruit bats. It is 
likely that during the rains, they to some extent migrate to other regions where 
food may be obtained. 
EMBALLONURIDAE Free-tailed Bats 
Saccolaimus peli (Temminck) 
gee peli Temminck, Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de Guiné, 1853, p. 82: Boutry River, Gold 
oast. 
Largest of the Microchiroptera in Liberia, forearm 82-89 mm.; tail projecting from about the 
middle of the interfemoral membrane; color dark brown. West Africa. 
It is odd that Biittikofer and his associates did not record this bat, for we 
found it common on the Du and Farmington rivers, appearing shortly after dusk, 
hawking for insects. Its flight is noticeably strong, with long, powerful, measured 
strokes of the wings, and often we saw them at a considerable height sweeping 
back and forth. Allen, Lang, and Chapin remark that the color of those secured 
in the Belgian Congo was rather uniform, but of the four skins we brought back, 
no two are alike. One is a uniform dark seal brown, a second is a much more 
reddish brown, a third is somewhat hoary with many white-tipped hairs, while the 
fourth is even more so, and has the tips of both wings white, that of the left 
side more than the right. After leaving the coastal region we saw no more of 
these bats during our journey into the interior although frequent watch was kept 
at evening. At Banga,! however, the keen eyes of one of the natives discovered 
two at the entrance to a hollow high in the trunk of a tree a few yards from our 
hut at noonday. These were dislodged and collected. 
1 The locality ‘“‘Banga”’ employed in the chapters on Mammals and Birds refers to the more western 
Banga on the map, and not to the Banga that is on the border of French Guinea. [Eprror. ] 
