. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. 58 BULLETIN 51, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. with palate that alveolor line projected backward passes through tympanic region or base of zygoma. Audital bulla reduced to a mere ring. Externally characterized by absence of tail, narrow mter- femoral membrane, well developed calcar, and large claw on index finger. Species examined.—Pteropus admiralitatum, Thomas, P. aldaoren- sis True, P. anetianus Gray, P. Brunneus Dobson, P. cagayanus Mearns, P capistratus Peters, P chrysoproc- tus Temminck, P. con- spicillatus Gould, P- coronatus Thomas, P. da
. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. 58 BULLETIN 51, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. with palate that alveolor line projected backward passes through tympanic region or base of zygoma. Audital bulla reduced to a mere ring. Externally characterized by absence of tail, narrow mter- femoral membrane, well developed calcar, and large claw on index finger. Species examined.—Pteropus admiralitatum, Thomas, P. aldaoren- sis True, P. anetianus Gray, P. Brunneus Dobson, P. cagayanus Mearns, P capistratus Peters, P chrysoproc- tus Temminck, P. con- spicillatus Gould, P- coronatus Thomas, P. dasymdllus Temminck,, P. edwardsi Geoffroy, P. faunulus Miller, P. fuscus Dobson, P- ge- minorum Miller, P. gi- ganteus (Briinnich), P. gouldi Peters, P grandis Thomas, P. hypomela nus Tem- minck, P. keraundren Quoy and Gaimard, P. lanensis Mearns, P. lanigera H. Allen, P. lepidus Miller, P. leu- copterus Temminck, P. livingstoni Gray, P. lombocensis Dobson, P. loochooensis Gray, P. me I an o p o g on Schlegel, P. modigli- anii Thomas, P. molos-. Fig. 8.—Ptekopus lepidus. Adult female. Saddle Island, Sinus South China Sea. No. 101670, type. XI. Temminck. P. natalis Thomas, P- nicooaricus Zelebor, P. personatus Temminck, P. poliocephalus Tem- minck, P pselaphon Say, P. rayneri Gray, P. rubricollis Geoffroy, P. samoensis Peale, P. scapulatus Peters, P seychellensis Milne Edwards, P. temminckii Peters, P. vampyrus Linnaeus, P. woodfordi Thomas. Remarks.—Members of the genus Pteropus may be recognized by the large number and simple structure of the teeth, combined with the absence of the tail, and the presence of a well developed claw on the index finger. The species are usually large, amono- them some of the largest 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 Miller, Gerrit Smith, 1869-. Washingt
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