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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM A N D THE MALAY PENINSULA. 341 64. CYNOPTERUS LUCASI Dobs. Lucas's Fruit-Bat. I understand Mr. Ridley has obtained this species both in Singapore Island (O. Thomas, A. M . N. H. ser. 7, i. p. 361, 1898) and in Selangor (Hanitsch, Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11). Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Selangor and Singapore) and Borneo. 65. CARPONYCTERIS MINIMA (Geoffr.). The Small Long-tongued Fruit-Bat. Carponycteris minima, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 265. Anderson (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. part i. 1881, p. 107) records a specimen from Siam collected by Dr. G. Finlayson, probably the same individual mentioned by Horsfield(Cat. Mamm. Mus. East-India Co. 1851, p. 29) " with a lengthened nose, perhaps a distinct species." Distribution. Sikhim, Burma, Siam, Java, Philippines, Australia, New Ireland. Another Fruit-Bat, Eonycteris spelcea (Dobs.), known from Burma, Cambodia, and Java, will probably be eventually found to occur in Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Family RHINOLOPHID^E. 66. RHINOLOPHUS LUCTUS Temm. The Great Eastern Horseshoe- Bat. Rhinolophus luctus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 270. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 106) records a specimen from Malacca. Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula (Malacca), Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines. 67. RHINOLOPHUS COZLOPHYLLUS Peters. The Crosletted Horseshoe- Bat. Rhinolophus coelophyllus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 272. I caught a single male in Bakar Bata house, near Alor Star, Kedah, 1st June, 1898. Mr. O. Thomas, to whom the specimen was sent, has confirmed my identification of the species. Distribution. Burma, and Malady Peninsula (Kedah). 68. RHINOLOPHUS TRIFOLIATUS Temm. The Three-foliated Horseshoe-Bat. Rhinolophus trifoliatus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 272. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11) mentions this species from Singapore. Distribution. India, Assam, Mergui,Malay Peninsula (Singapore) Java, Borneo. P R O C ZOOL. Soc-1900, No. XXIII. 23 |
