. Mammalogy and ornithology [microform]. Mammals; Birds; Mammifères; Oiseaux. QUADRUMANA. 11 Pleropm voet/erut, Pkalk,* Zool. U. S. Exp. Exp. Vincennes, Quadrupeds, p. 10 (Ist ed. 1848). Though very considerable difficulties present themselves in the in- vestigation of the animals of this genus, we have no doubt of the identity of the species as above referred to. In allusion to this bat, Mr. Peale observes: "At the Island of Mungsi, in the Straits of Balabac, our atten- tion was arrested by the constant screams ci this animal, which sounded like the distress cry of a Norway rat, but loud
. Mammalogy and ornithology [microform]. Mammals; Birds; Mammifères; Oiseaux. QUADRUMANA. 11 Pleropm voet/erut, Pkalk,* Zool. U. S. Exp. Exp. Vincennes, Quadrupeds, p. 10 (Ist ed. 1848). Though very considerable difficulties present themselves in the in- vestigation of the animals of this genus, we have no doubt of the identity of the species as above referred to. In allusion to this bat, Mr. Peale observes: "At the Island of Mungsi, in the Straits of Balabac, our atten- tion was arrested by the constant screams ci this animal, which sounded like the distress cry of a Norway rat, but louder, and soon led us to its diurnal resting-places, which were found to be amongst the lofty roots of a species of banyan or fig tree, fifty feet from the ground. There, secreted in holes or sometimes suspended, they spend the day, not quietly, but in constant quarrels, at the season we saw them, which was in the month of February, and the strong odor emitted by them was quite perceptible to us when passing the trees which they ;. CRANIUM OF P. Mr. Peale gives the following in relation to the habits and general history of the animals of this genus: * In the course of a long and laborious voyage among the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, we had frequent opportunities of * " Hair of the head, neck, and body, soft, woolly, and of a rufous brown color, darkest on the sides; back, dark brown, the hair short, straight, and smooth. Wings gray in the middle, the bloodvessels darker and distinctly visible; snout long, narrow; the nostrils bifurcated; cheek-pouches spacious; no visible scrotum. Irides brown. "Total length from the end of the nose to the unus, eight inches; extent of the wings, thirty-four and a half inches; forearm, four and seven-tenths inches; thumb, including the nail, two and three-tenths inches; nail, seven-tenths of an inch ; ear, one inch long, three-quarters of an inch wide. Male. "Dental formula: incisors, |; c
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