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Mammals of Tai ping pei
(Ta hwa ping)
1 Semnopithecus
A large herd of 20 seen on several consecutive days from which I shot four, 2 old ♂, an old ♀ & a half grown yg. Some newly born orange brown yg were with this [[strikethrough]] herd [[/strikethrough]] troop but [[strikethrough]] tho [[/strikethrough]] some of the ♀s [[strikethrough]] ha [[/strikethrough]] were accompanied by half grown yg. only. Food ^[[green]] leaf pulp.
2 Hydrobates
heard calling only once, none seen. The Lisos brought one dried skin for sale
3 Nycteris (giant)
A. caught 28 in a cave.
All were adult ♀s but without embryos or nursing yg.
4 Pteromys
I shot one at dusk by watching a group of trees where I had previously seen one come forth at dark. This one I saw sailing down hill looking like a sailing pheasant with its long tail sticking straight out behind. No others were seen but