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] 1916. Thomas:
Some Malayan Microchiroptera. 5
Emballonura amimbensis. Kloss, Journ. F. M. S. Mus. IV,
p. 186 (1911).
25 in al. from various localities, including Aor and
Tiornan Is. Skins from Kao Nawng, Bandon (2); Bliah, Pulau
Kundur (2); Pulau Tiornan (1); and Kuala Lumpur (1).
Taphozous melanopogon fretensis, snbsp. nov.
Taphozous melanopogon, Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc.
Bengal, 1846 p. 180; Flower P. Z. S., 1900 p. 347.
5 skins and 9 in al. Terutau Id. Straits of Malacca.
11 ,, 14 ., Pulau Angsa, Coast of Selangor.
12 ,, Batu Caves, Selangor.
Essential characters as in true melanopogon, but colour
both of fur and membranes far paler.
Cieneral colour above pale brown, near " avellaneous " of
Ridgway, varying a good deal in intensity, the hairs
white for the greater part of their length, avellaneous terminally,
or with their extreme tips again light. Undersurface
"drab grey," the black beard when present contrasting
markedly with the general light colour of the underside. In
some specimens the brown parts of the upper hairs may be
considerably darker, but never or very rarely as dark as in
ordinary melanopogon, the average colour of all Peninsular and
Straits specimens being conspicuouslv lighter. Membranes
pale brown throughout.
Dimensions of type :— Forearm 60 mm.
Head and body (measured in flesh) 80; tail 25, ear 17.
Skull, greatest length 21 ; condvle to front of canines 20, front
of canine to back of m 3 9.
Habitat. Islands and coast of the Straits of Malacca.
Type from Pulau Terutau.
Type. Adult male. F. M. S. Mus. No. 391/12. Original
number 5,163. Collected 1st December. 1912 by native
collector.
The light colour of the fine series of this bat is in
striking contrast to its dark hues elsewhere. A large number
of specimens are in the British Museum from other parts of
the range of T. melanopogon; but none show the peculiar
pallor of the present set. The Terutau specimens average on
the whole the lightest, then those from Pulau Angsa, and the
Batu Caves, Selangor. Other peninsular examples, of which
there are few available, appear to average rather darker than
in the extreme of fretensis. lighter than in true melanopogon.
Taphozous leucopleurus albipinnis, Phos.
Taphozous longimanus albipinnis, Thomas, Ann. and Mag.
Nat. Hist. Ser. 7, II, p. 246 (1898). Thomas & Wroughton.
Journ. F.M.S. Mus. IV, p. no (1909).