. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . Fig. 133. Lonchorina Dobson, Cat. Cliiroptora. Nat. size. 613. aurita {Loiiihoniia). Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863, p. Loxg-eared Bat. Type locality. West Indies; island unknown. Gcnl. Char. Lance-shaped nose-leaf greatly developed; ears aslong as head, broad, pointed; tragus tapering, subacute, half as long. Fig. CVIII. Lonchorina Dobson, Cat. Chiroptera. as ear, with an obtuse angle near base with a notch above it; wingmembrane attached to as calcis: feet large, claws long, hooked;middle upper inci
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . Fig. 133. Lonchorina Dobson, Cat. Cliiroptora. Nat. size. 613. aurita {Loiiihoniia). Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863, p. Loxg-eared Bat. Type locality. West Indies; island unknown. Gcnl. Char. Lance-shaped nose-leaf greatly developed; ears aslong as head, broad, pointed; tragus tapering, subacute, half as long. Fig. CVIII. Lonchorina Dobson, Cat. Chiroptera. as ear, with an obtuse angle near base with a notch above it; wingmembrane attached to as calcis: feet large, claws long, hooked;middle upper incisors flat, pointed; lateral ones minute, with a basalposterior lobe; canines small; anterior premolar small with two cusps;second premolar prominent; lower canines with a cingulum, as hasalso the second premolar. Color. Above light reddish brown; beneath paler. Mcasiircniciits. Total length. ; tail, ; forearm, ; LONCHORINA. OTOPTERUS. 631 longest finger, ; foot, ; ear, ; tragus, ; nose-leaf, : total length, 24; interorbital constriction, 11; length of uppertooth row, 10; of mandible, 15. The meml)ers of the genus Otopterus are among the large speciesof the moderate sized bats, and are conspicuous for their huge are not over-particular as to their diet, and eat insects, fruits,and small bats when they can get them. They can rise into the
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