. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. THE FAMILIES AND GENEEA OP BATS. 95 wide supraorbital ridge; clavicle greatly expanded, its width just below middle more than one-third of its length; tibia (Plate XII, figs. 1,, 2),-with a longitudinal groove, so deep that the bone has the appearance of a hollow cylinder slit along the outer side. Principal subdivisions.—The subfamily contains the one genus Diclidurus. Genus DICLIDURUS Wied. 1819. Diclidurus Wied, Isis, p. 1629. 1878. Diclidurus Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 391. Type-species.—Diclidurus albus Wied. Geographic distribut
. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. THE FAMILIES AND GENEEA OP BATS. 95 wide supraorbital ridge; clavicle greatly expanded, its width just below middle more than one-third of its length; tibia (Plate XII, figs. 1,, 2),-with a longitudinal groove, so deep that the bone has the appearance of a hollow cylinder slit along the outer side. Principal subdivisions.—The subfamily contains the one genus Diclidurus. Genus DICLIDURUS Wied. 1819. Diclidurus Wied, Isis, p. 1629. 1878. Diclidurus Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 391. Type-species.—Diclidurus albus Wied. Geographic distribution.—Same as that of subfamily. Number of forms.—Three species" are currently recognized. Characters.—The characters of the genus Diclidurus are the same as those of the subfamily. The following may be added: Dental formula: .1-1 1- 1 2-2 \->Pm 2-2' 3-3' ° 1-1'/"" 2-2' "" 3- Wing without sac. Tail curved upward and forward, its tip pene- trating uropatagium and associated with structures in the membrane which appear to be glandular. In the three known spe- cies the color is white. Species examined.—Diclidurus scutatus Peters and D. virgo Thomas. Family NOCTILIONTD2E. 1821. Noctilionidw Gray, London Medical Re- pository, XV, p. 299 (part), April 1, 1821. 1827. Noctilionina Lesson, Man. de Mam- malogie, p. 99 (part). 1831. Vespertiliones {Vespertilionidw) (part; Noctilionina, part) Bonapabte, Saggio di una distrib. metodica degli Anim, Vert., ^ g-18.—Diclidurus vikgo. Cham- „ j^ peeico, Guatemala. No. 120577. x 1-. 1838. Vespertilionidw (part; 'Noctilionina. part) Bonaparte, Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Xaturali, Bologna, Anno I, Tomo II, p. 112. 1838. Vespertilionidw (part; Noctilionina, part) Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot, II, p. 498, December, 1838. 1855. [Vespertilionidw] " Vespertilionides" (part: Noctilionina) Gervais, ExpM. du Comte de Castelnau, Zool., Mamm., p. 52. 1865. Brachyura Peters,
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