. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. commissures well developed, the area of the crown about half that of first or second; lower molars with all the cusps present and normal in form, no great contrast in height of protoconid and hypoconid in m ! and m ,. Skull (fig. 38) slender and lightly built, the braincase large, smoothly rounded and abruptly elevated anteriorly, the rostrum slender and weak. There is no indication of sagittal crest or of supraorbital or lachrymal ridges. Nares very narrow, the width of the aperture as viewed from above scarcely or not half the length. Anterior
. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. commissures well developed, the area of the crown about half that of first or second; lower molars with all the cusps present and normal in form, no great contrast in height of protoconid and hypoconid in m ! and m ,. Skull (fig. 38) slender and lightly built, the braincase large, smoothly rounded and abruptly elevated anteriorly, the rostrum slender and weak. There is no indication of sagittal crest or of supraorbital or lachrymal ridges. Nares very narrow, the width of the aperture as viewed from above scarcely or not half the length. Anterior palatal emargination about as wide as deep. Posterior extension of palate narrowed gradually backward, much as in Nata- lus; hamulars very short. Audital bullae very small, covering much less than half surface of large cochleae. Ears moderately long (ex- tending slightly beyond nostrils when laid forward), separate, slightly fun- nel-formed owing to the fact that the outer border arises slightly in front of the inner, and its lower por- tion is unusually widened; tragus long and very slender. Muzzle sim- ple. Third and fourth metacarpals about equal, fourth slightly shorter. Species examined.—K&rivoula af- ricana Dobson, K. brunnea Dobson, K. hardwickii (Horsfield), K. harri- soni Thomas, K. minuta Miller, K. papillosa (Temminck), K. papuensis Dobson, K. picta (Pallas), K. pu- silla Thomas. Remarks.—Among Old World bats the members of this genus are recog- nizable by their small size, delicate form, distinctly funnel-shaped ears, with very long, slender tragi, and the absence of peculiar develop- ments of the nostrils, canines, or other parts. The fur is long and soft, and in some species the wing membranes have a conspicuous color pattern. Superficially they resemble some of the Natalidse, but the lengthening of the legs and tail is much less. Genus PHONISCUS Miller. 1905. Phoniscus Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XVIII, p. 229, Decem- ber 9, 1905. Type-species.
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