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LXX.—Ten new Fruit-
bats of the genera
Nyctimene, Cynopterus,
and Eonycteris
Knud Andersen
Published online: 11 Sep 2009.
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genera Nyctimene, Cynopterus, and Eonycteris, Annals and Magazine of
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Mr. K. Andersen on new Fr~dt-bats. 621
' Annales du Musdum,' vol. xix. (1812) ; S/mla azarce appears
in the list of South-American monkeys included by Humbol&
in his 'Reeueil d'Observations de Zoologi%' p. 357. The
latter is dated 1811 on tile titlepage, but it is evident that
page 357 was issued at least in 1812, and after the volume
of the ' Annales' for tile same year, as the classification and
names given by Geoffroy are frequently alluded to by
Humbold~ in his list.
Coming now to the Lemuroidea, I find that the ruffed
lemur must be called Lemur variegatus instead of varlus, the
former name dating from 1792, when it was published by
Kerr in his 'Animal Kingdom' as Lemur macaeo, var.
varlegatus, whereas it was only in 1891 that I. Geoffroy
first used L. varius ~
Tar~ias tars[er must also be substituted by T. spectrum~ as
Lemur t, rsier was employed by Erxlebeu in I777 ~, ante-
da~ing therefore the publication of Pallas's name Lemur
spectrum (1778) by a year.
LXX.-- Ten new Frult-bats of the Genera Nyctimen%
Cynopterus~ and Eonycteris. By
KNUD ANDERSEN.
FULL
descriptions of tim forms briefly diagnosed in this
paper will appear early next year in the British ~Iuseum
Catalogue of Mcgachiroptera.
Nyctimene papuanus~ sp. n.
Size small, forearm 54"5-59 mm. ; m ~ and ml subequal in
size to respectively p4 and P4; inner cusp of pa not com-
pletely fused with outer ; ears triangularly rounded off above ;
colour of back not distinctly mottled with dark brownish tips
to tlle hairs ; spinal stripe perfectly distinct along tile whole
of the back, about 3"5-5 ram. broad ; side's of neck, breast,
and belly much brighter in males than in females (but
scarcely any sexual &ffcrence in the colour of the upperside).
Hub. New Guinea generally (specimens examined from
various localities in Dutet b German, and British New
Guinea) ; Key Is.; Admiralty Is.; Bismarck Arch. ; Cape
York.
* Cat. des Prim. p. 71.
-]" Syst. R~gn. Anita. p. 71.
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Mr. K. Andersen on
new Fr,it-b,~ts.
Type. c~
ad. (skin and skull), Milne Bay, B. New Guinea,
19th Marctb 1899,collected by A. S.Meek~ B.M. no. 99.12.3.2.
)'ifteen specimens examined.
Remarks.--Four
species of
Nltetlmene
are known from New
Guinea--l~apuanus , cyelotls
(described below),
9emi~us
(below), and
aO'llo. ~¥. papuanus
is so much smaller than
N. 9emi~n~s
(forearm 70"5-77 ram.) and .N.
,Ollo
(8P5-8~)
that a confusion with these is hardly possible. From the
small N.
cyelotis
it is readily distinguished by the relative
size of m ~ and m I (in
cJtclotls
conspicuously smaller than,
respeetively~ p' and P4), the shape of the ears (in
cyclotis
unusually broad and semicircularly rounded off above), and
the colour of the fur (back in
cltcgotis
mottled with dark
brownish tips to the hairs, spinal stripe rather ill-defined).
y\~clime~e m[nutus~
sp. n.
General size as .57.
albiventer
(forearm about 51 mm,);
nP and ml not reduced in size; inner cusp of p3 completely
fused with outer; ears as
in 5:. loapuanus;
colour of back
distinctly mottled with dark brownist~ tips to the hairs;
dorsal stripe very narrow, somewhat ill-defined, and confined
to posterior two-thirds of back.
[lab.
Celebes.
~pe. ? ad. (skin and skull), 3.'ondano, Minahassa~
N. Celebes, collected by Dr. A. R. Wallace, B.M. 7.1.1.27 t
('l_'om es Collection)°
]?emark.~The
only other speelcs of
Nyetimene
known
from Celebes is the considerably larger
N. cephedotes
(forearm
60"5-69 ram.).
IV~ctime~e varlus,
sp. n.
Closely allied to
IV. rnb~utu6
as small as, or only very
little larger than~ that species (forearm 55 ram.), but with
considerably heavier teeth (c-m z 10, against 8"8 ram.) ; fur
longe b more woolly and spreading; eolour of back coarsely
mottled with dark brownish tips to the hairs ; spinal stripe
confined to posterior half of back.
Hab.
Known only from
the island of Bur% presmnably generally distributed over the
Amboina group.
"Jype.
Ad. (skin and skull), Mr. Mada, Buru, Sept. 189S,
collected by A. Everett~ presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild,
B.M. lo. 11. 13. l.
lfemarlc.--From
the only other species of the genus known
to inhabit the Amboina group, viz. 2V.
ceT~alotes
(forearm
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Mr. K. Andersen on
~ew 1,'rult-bats.
62,3
60'5-69 mm.), this form is at once distinguished by its
smaller siz% fused cusps of p"~ mottled colour of back~ and
feebly developed spinal stripe.
2~yctimene c~jclotls~
sp. n.
Size small (forearms of type broken, estimated length
53 ram.) ; premolars and molars peculiarly short and broad,
snbcircular in outline (character particularly pronounced iu
p~ and nd, p~ and
ml) ;
m t reduced to about ~ or ~ t~he size
of p~, ml slightly smaller than p~; ears unusually broad,
nearly as broad as long, and semieireularly rounded off
above; back mottled with brownish tips to the hairs; a
narrow spinal stripe along posterior half of back.
[lab.
New
Guinea.
l~pe. c~
ad. (al. and skull), Affak Mrs., N.W. New
Guinea~ collected by A. E. Pratt, B.h:[. 10. 7. 16. 9.
2Vb, ctimene gemgnus,
sp. n.
Similar to 3:.
major
(Bismarck Archipelago), bu~ smaller
(forearm 70"5-77~ against 78-85"5 mm. in
major);
males
differing by the more brownish-drab eolour of the fur (in
major
ash-grey or greyish hair-brown).
Hub.
B. New
Guinea ; Kiriwina Is. ; D'Nntrecasteaux Is.
~l~pe. dad.
(skin and skull), south of Huo, Gulf, B. New
Guinea, collected by Dr. P. Comrie, B.~. 76. 7. 5. 10.
Four specimens examined (compared with ten of -hr.
major).
Nyctlmene scitulus,
sp. n.
Similar to 3 r.
9e,ninus,
bat flee edge of bony palate tri-
angular (in
geminus
semicircu]arly concave)~ and ears con-
spicuously sm~dler (14 ram. from orifice, against 16 ill
geminu,,);
gem ral size as
geminus~
forearm 71"5-80 mm.
}lab.
S,,Iomon Islands ; so far known t]'om Shortland~ New
Georgia, Florida, and Guadaleanar.
'J~pe.
~ ad. (al. and skull), Aola, Guadaleanar~ collected
by C. M. Woodford, B.M. 88. 1.5. 11. Five specimens
examined.
C~jnoplerus sphinx gangeticus,
subsp, n.
Like
C. s. sphinx,
but averaging conspicuously larger:
Skull, lambda to gnathion 33-36 (in
C. s. sphinx
31"5-34"5),
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