. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 58 BULLETIN 57, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. with palate that alveolor line projected backward passes through tjanijanio region or base of zygoma. Audital bulla reduced to a mere ring. P^xternally characterized by :il)sence of tail, narrow inter- femoral membrane, well dt^veloped calcar, and large claw on index finger. Species exdni'nied.—Pteropus admivul'iUititiii Thomas, /*. (tldahren- sis True, P. <incti<nins (xray, /^ lininncitx Dobson, P. cagaymms Mearns, P. ((ipistnitus Peters, /'. c/wf/soproc- tiis Tennninck, P. con- splcilldt
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 58 BULLETIN 57, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. with palate that alveolor line projected backward passes through tjanijanio region or base of zygoma. Audital bulla reduced to a mere ring. P^xternally characterized by :il)sence of tail, narrow inter- femoral membrane, well dt^veloped calcar, and large claw on index finger. Species exdni'nied.—Pteropus admivul'iUititiii Thomas, /*. (tldahren- sis True, P. <incti<nins (xray, /^ lininncitx Dobson, P. cagaymms Mearns, P. ((ipistnitus Peters, /'. c/wf/soproc- tiis Tennninck, P. con- splcilldtKH (Jould, P. cofonatus Thomas, P. (](isi/ni<ilhis Tennninck, P. ediva/' Geoffroy, P. faunulus Miller, P. fuscus Dobson, P. ge- Miller, P. g'l- gan teus (B r ii n n i ch), P. goiddi Peters, P. gi'aiidis Thomas, P. hypomeJaii ns T e m - minck, P. heraundren Quoy and Gaimard, P. lanensis Mearns, P. lanigera H. Allen, P. lepidvs Miller, P. leu- cof terns Temminck, Gray, P. loin hocensis Dobson, P. loochooevsis Gray, P. m e I a n o p o g o n Schlegel, P. modigl't- (oiii Thomas, P. inolos- s'nnis Temminck. P. natidis Thomas, P. nicoharicus Zelebor, P. personatus Temminck, P. poUocephalns Tem- minck, P. p)8elaphon Say, P. rayneri Gray, P. ruhrlcolUs Geoffroy, P. samoensis Peale, P. scapulatuH Peters, P. seychelleiisis Milne Echvards, P. temminekn Peters, P. ra/npyrus lAnnseus, P. woodfordi Thomas. Remcn^ks.—Members of the genus Pteropvs may be recognized by the large number and simple structure of the teeth, combined wdth the absence of the tail, and the presence of a well developed claw on the index finger. The species are usually large, among them some of the laraest Fig. 8.—Pteropus Adult female. South Chix.^ Se.\. No. 101670, type. Saddle Island, 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
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