P T E R O PU S L R AU h ; I
(Mammalia ' Plate 48)
PTEROPUS LEACHII.—Sm ith .
M a m m a l i a .— P l a t e XLYIII.
P. capite superne, dorso, brachio, antibrachioque plene pilis brunneis sordidis vestitis ; alarum mem-
braûâ pone brachium lanosâ ; gutture, abdomine, extremitatibusque infcrne brunneis, viridi-griseo-
tinctis ; caudæ dimidio posteriori libro ; oculi cantho anteriori oris anguloque in linea eadem
verticali.
Pteropus Leachii, Smith. Zoolog. Journal, vol. iv. page 433, 1829.
Temminck, Monog. de Mammalogie, onzième, page 88, 1835.
C o l o u r .—The upper surface of the head and neck, the back and the
extremities superiorly dull umber-brown ; the sides of the head and neck, the
throat, breast, belly, and under surface of extremities a colour intermediate
between hair-brown and clove-brown (a sort of dirty greenish-brown) ; nostrils
and point of lower jaw liver-brown. Toes of the hinder extremities brownish
red ; claws sienna-yellow. Wing and interfemoral membranes between
brownish red and chocolate-red ; the phalanges of the anterior extremities
yellowish brown. In some specimens, the fur of the upper parts is tinted
in places with yellowish brown, and below, especially on the breast and belly,
it is occasionally observed of a slight rusty yellow tinge.
F o r m , & c .—Figure rather robust ; head large ; forehead prominent ; face
rather flattened ; nostrils tubular, and opening laterally ; eyes moderately
large, situated nearly midway between the nostrils and the ears, the anterior
canthus of eye directly over the angle of the mouth. Ears moderately long,
rather narrow, and slightly rounded at the point, externally and internally
without covering, a few hairs only on inner surface towards meatus. Incisor
teeth small, in pairs ; molars, six in the upper jaw and seven in the lower.
Vide plate—a, teeth of upper jaw, b, teeth of lower—both as seen from
above. Fur generally very short, soft, and silky, that of the sides of the
neck, throat, and anterior edge of the breast much the longest, that on the
alar membrane, adjoining the flanks and anterior extremities, the shortest,
and very thinly set : on other parts where it occurs, it is dense and thickly
set. The two first joints of the anterior extremities thickly covered below
and above with fur, the portion of hinder extremities near to body covered
but not so thickly, the more distal portion with only a sprinkling of coarse