Acerodon humilis, K.Andersen, 1909

Andersen, Knud, 1909, IV. — Notes on the genus Acerodon, with a synopsis of its species and subspecies, and descriptions of four new forms, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8 th series 3, pp. 20-29 : 25

Acerodon humilis , sp. n.

Allied to A.jubatus , with which it accords in the characters of the teeth (a distinct antero-internal basal cusp in /⅛), the size of the ears (shorter than muzzle), and general colour of the fur of the body and mantle, but much smaller, and without buffy nuchal patch. Forearm about 140 mm. Hab. Talaut Islands.

Back and rump nearly seal-brown, sprinkled all over with broccoli-brown liaiis, producing the general effect of a very dark shade of hair-brown. Breast, belly, and flanks essentially like back, but pale hairs more buffy hair-brown. Mantle, sides of neck, and foreneck dark russet, slightly paler on foreneck than on nape, forming a complete collar round neck and narrowly encircling base of ears; base of hairs nearly seal-brown. Occiput, crown, interocular space, and sides of muzzle essentially similar to back; temporal region, chin, and throat blackish seal-brown, mixed with a few silvery-whitish and buffy hairs.

Type.? ad. (skin, skull), Lirong, Talaut Islands , March 1897; collected by John Waterstradt; presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild; B.M. 8. 7. 26. 6 .