. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. I'TintOPUS HVl'UliKLANUS .MACA3SARICUS. 125 Tiipe presumably in ihe Zi-ka-wei Museum, near Shanghai. rtero2>us maccissaricus, Heude; 1896.— From the description clearly a member of the Pt. hypomelanus group. One of ten specimens examined by Heude had " le dos d'un ronx fonce ainsi que la poitrine et le ventre," i. e. belonged to the dark phase. Remarks.—In the skull, teeth, size, and colour of the head, mantle, and back, this race is similar to the Philippine form, Pt. h. cuffaijamis, but the undcrparts average rat
. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. I'TintOPUS HVl'UliKLANUS .MACA3SARICUS. 125 Tiipe presumably in ihe Zi-ka-wei Museum, near Shanghai. rtero2>us maccissaricus, Heude; 1896.— From the description clearly a member of the Pt. hypomelanus group. One of ten specimens examined by Heude had " le dos d'un ronx fonce ainsi que la poitrine et le ventre," i. e. belonged to the dark phase. Remarks.—In the skull, teeth, size, and colour of the head, mantle, and back, this race is similar to the Philippine form, Pt. h. cuffaijamis, but the undcrparts average rather paler. In this latter point it shows decidedly leanings to its eastern neighbour, Pt. h. Jii/pomelanus. N. Celebes. a. cJaJ. al.; skull. /'. o ad. st.; skull. 5 ad. sk. in al. Menado, N. Celebes ; Oct. Macassar, S. Celebes; -2'd Aug. 1895. Sanghir Is. , e. c? imin., (^ ad. sks.; skulls. /. ; skull. Lirong, Talaut Is May, 1897 {J. Waters'iradt). Dr. A. B. Mever [C.]. Dr. Chas. Hose [C.]. Drs. Sarasin[E.]. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. Hon. W. Roth- schild [P.]. External mensurements of Pteropus hypomelanus tomcsi, cagajanus, and Fortsiri n Pollex, total lenglli, c. u ,, metacarpal ., 1st plialanx 2ud digit, metacarpal „ Istphalans | 15 ,, 2nd-3rd phalanx, c. u. .1 14'.5 3rd digit, metacarpal j S75 ,, 1st phalanx j ('i3 ,, 2nd phaLinx ' 94 •Itb digit, mctiicarpal ' ,, 1st phalanx 2nd phalanx : 54-5 otli digit, metacarpal ' 91 ,, 1st piialanx 39 ., 2nd phalanx ' 41 Kars, length from orilice 245 „ grcate-st widtb, ... 17 Front of eye to tip of niuz«le ' 24 Interfemoral 0 Lower leg ' 60-5 Foot, e. u 4<^r5 Calcar 14-5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History)
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