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Show 472 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE MAMMALS [Dec. 4, 3. PTEROPUS RAYNERI, Gray. a~c. 2 c?, 1 2- Aola, Guadalcanar. [21.] Forearms 138, 132, and 120 millim. 4. P T E R O P U S W O O D F O R D I , Thos. (Plate X X . fig. 1, Plate XXI. fig. 1.) Pteropus woodfordi, Thos. Ann. Mag. N . H . (6) i. p. 156 (1888). a-d. 2 8 and 2 $ . Aola. [3.] Size small. Fur soft and woolly, not adpressed on the back. Ears small, hairy, scarcely projecting beyond the fur of the head. Wings arising about half an inch apart on the back ; the fur rather more than an inch wide on this part. Hind limbs below knees entirely naked. Interfemoral membrane narrow, almost obsolete in the centre, concealed by the fur. Face and chin brown or black, becoming in old specimens quite grey. Collar dull rufous or yellow, markedly different in colour both from the head and hack. Tufts on shoulder-glands deep orange, not dissimilar in colour to the rest of the neck. Back and belly deep brown, mixed with a few shining grey hairs, which markedly increase in number in old age. Skull (Plate X X I . fig. 1) as in Pt. molossinus. Teeth small and light; canines long and slender. Upper anterior premolar persistent, about equal in cross section both to the last lower molars, outer lower and all the upper incisors. Last upper molar and anterior lower premolar_about equal, and double the size of the last-named set of teeth ; p.s with an antero-internal basal cusp. Dimensions of a male and female, the first being the type, a very old specimen with a grey head and back:- 6 2 millim. millim. Head and body (c.)150 (c.) 145 Muzzle to eye 16 16 Ear 11-5 11-5 Forearm 99 98 Thumb 34 33 Lower leg 48 46 Depth of interfemoral behind knee 15 13 Forearms of two additional specimens, 8 96 ; 2 92. Skull, 2 :-Basal length 36 ; greatest breadth 24*2 ; supraorbital foramen to tip of nasals 17*8 ; interorbital breadth 6*6 ; intertemporal breadth 9 ; palate, length 20*6. Teeth :-Combined breadth of upper incisors 4*1 ; vertical length of canine, from cingulum to tip behind 4-6 ; greatest antero-posterior diameter of canine 2*4 ; horizontal length of P-3 2-5, of p^ 2 % of m.1 2-5. Height of lower canine 3*4 ; horizontal length of p"? 2'8 ; of p? 2*3. This species is most nearly allied to Pt. molossinus, Temm., of the Caroline Islands, with which, alone among the smaller woolly-haired 1 The figures placed in brackets show the number of specimens obtained by Mr. Woodford additional to those retained for the Museum series, these latter being represented by the letters a, b, c, &c. |