Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

Natural History of the Mammalia of India?by Robert A. Sterndale

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Title: Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
Author: Robert A. Sterndale
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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA AND CEYLON.
BY
ROBERT A. STERNDALE, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., &C., AUTHOR OF "THE DENIZENS OF THE JUNGLE;" "THE AFGHAN KNIFE;" "SEONEE, OR CAMP LIFE IN THE SATPURA RANGE," ETC.
WITH 170 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR, T. W. WOOD, AND OTHERS.

CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK, AND CO. BOMBAY: THACKER AND CO., LIMITED. LONDON: W. THACKER AND CO. 1884.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

THIS POPULAR HISTORY OF OUR INDIAN MAMMALS IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED (BY PERMISSION) TO ONE WHO TAKES A DEEP INTEREST IN ALL THAT CONCERNS OUR EASTERN EMPIRE, THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF NORTHBROOK, G.C.S.I., LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND VICEROY OF INDIA.

PREFACE.
This work is designed to meet an existing want, viz.: a popular manual of Indian Mammalia. At present the only work of the kind is one which treats exclusively of the Peninsula of India, and which consequently omits the more interesting types found in Assam, Burmah, and Ceylon, as well as the countries bordering the British Indian Empire on the North. The geographical limits of the present work have been extended to all territories likely to be reached by the sportsman from India, thus greatly enlarging the field of its usefulness.
The stiff formality of the compiled "Natural Histories" has been discarded, and the Author has endeavoured to present, in interesting conversational and often anecdotal style, the results of experience by himself and his personal friends; at the same time freely availing himself of all the known authorities upon the subject.

CONTENTS.
NO. PAGE INTRODUCTION 1
ORDER BIMANA 3
ORDER QUADRUMANA 7
Genus Hylobates--The Gibbons--
1. Hylobates hooluck (White-fronted Gibbon) 8 2. " lar (White-handed Gibbon) 11 3. " syndactylus (Siamang) 12
Genus Presbytes--Cuvier's Genus Semnopithecus--
4. Semnopithecus vel Presbytes entellus (Bengal Langur) 14 5. " vel P. schistaceus (Himalayan Langur) 16 6. " vel P. priamus (Madras Langur) 16 7. " vel P. Johnii (Malabar Langur) 17 8. " vel P. jubatus (Nilgheri Langur) 18 9. " vel P. pileatus (Capped Langur) 18 10. " vel P. Barbei (Tipperah Langur) 19 11. " vel P. Phayrei (Silvery-Leaf Monkey) 19 12. " vel P. obscurus (Dusky-Leaf Monkey) 20 13. " vel P. cephalopterus (Ceylon Langur) 20 14. " vel P. ursinus (Great Wanderu) 21 15. " vel P. thersites 22 16. " vel P. albinus (White Langur) 23
SUB-FAMILY PAPIONINAE 24
Genus Inuus--
17. Inuus vel Macacus silenus (Lion Monkey) 24 18. " vel M. rhesus (Bengal Monkey) 25 19. " vel M. pelops (Hill Monkey) 26 20. " vel M. nemestrinus (Pig-tailed Monkey) 26 21. " vel M. leoninus (Long-haired Pig-tailed Monkey) 27 22. " vel M. arctoides (Brown Stump-tailed Monkey) 28 23. " vel M. Thibetanus (Thibetan Stump-tailed Monkey) 28
Genus Macacus--
24. Macacus radiatus (Madras Monkey) 28 25. " pileatus (Capped Monkey) 29 26. " cynomolgus (Crab-eating Macacque) 30 27. " carbonarius (Black-faced Crab-eating Monkey) 31
FAMILY LEMURIDAE 31
Genus Nycticebus--
28. Nycticebus tardigradus (Slow-paced Lemur) 31
Genus Loris--
29. Loris gracilis (Slender Lemur) 33
SUB-ORDER PLEUROPTERA--FAMILY GALAEOPITHECIDAE 33
Genus Galaeopithecus--
30. Galaeopithecus volans (Flying Lemur) 34
ORDER CARNARIA 35
CHEIROPTERA 35
MEGACHIROPTERA--SUB-FAMILY PTEROPODIDAE 36
Genus Pteropus--
31. Pteropus Edwardsii vel medius (Common Flying Fox) 37 32. " Leschenaultii (Cynonycteris amplexicaudata) (Fulvous Fox-Bat) 40
Genus Cynopterus--
33. Cynopterus marginatus (Small Fox-Bat) 40 34. Macroglossus (Pteropus) minimus (Tenasserim Fox-Bat) 41
Genus Eonycteris--
35. Eonycteris spelaea 41
MICROCHIROPTERA--SUB-FAMILY VAMPYRIDAE 42
Genus Megaderma--
36. Megaderma lyra (Large-eared Vampire Bat) 42 37. " spectrum (Cashmere Vampire) 43 38. " spasma 43
RHINOLOPHINAE 44
Genus Rhinolophus--
39. Rhinolophus perniger vel luctus (Large Leaf-Bat) 44 40. " mitratus (Mitred Leaf-Bat) 44 41. " tragatus vel ferrum-equinum (Dark-brown Leaf-Bat) 45 42. " Pearsonii (Pearson's Leaf-Bat) 46 43. " affinis (Allied Leaf-Bat) 46 44. " rouxi (Rufous Leaf-Bat) 46 45. " macrotis (Large-eared Leaf-Bat) 47 46. " sub-badius (Bay Leaf-Bat) 47 47. " rammanika 47 48. " Andamanensis 48 49. " minor 48 50. " coelophyllus 48 51. " Garoensis 48 52. " Petersii 49 53. " trifoliatus 49
Genus Hipposideros vel Phyllorhina--
54. Hipposideros armiger (Large Horse-shoe Bat) 50 55. " speoris (Indian Horse-shoe Bat) 50 56. " murinus (Little Horse-shoe Bat) 51 57. " cineraceus (Ashy Horse-shoe Bat) 51 58. " larvatus 51 59. " vulgaris (Common Malayan Horse-shoe Bat) 52 60. " Blythii 52 61. Phyllorhina diadema 52 62. " Masoni 53 63. " Nicobarensis 53 64. " armigera 53 65. " leptophylla 54 66. " galerita