. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. r3f» longer and much sslenderer; front, of orbit above lu" (in i'onycteris above m'). Premaxilla? similar in form to those of /'Joni/cteris, but more proclivous and fused anteriorly (as in Macroglossus, see fig. 70). Infraorbital canal quite as in Eo)i>/cteris, short, anterior aperture (infraorbital foramen) vertically below or slightly behind anterior point oi" orbital margin, outer wall of canal a bridge of bone as narrow as the thinnest portion of zygoma. Postorbital foramina present. Foramen
. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. r3f» longer and much sslenderer; front, of orbit above lu" (in i'onycteris above m'). Premaxilla? similar in form to those of /'Joni/cteris, but more proclivous and fused anteriorly (as in Macroglossus, see fig. 70). Infraorbital canal quite as in Eo)i>/cteris, short, anterior aperture (infraorbital foramen) vertically below or slightly behind anterior point oi" orbital margin, outer wall of canal a bridge of bone as narrow as the thinnest portion of zygoma. Postorbital foramina present. Foramen ovale and rotundum relatively widely separated. Tympanies unmodified. Temporal ridges low down on sides of cranium, a sagittal crest therefore never developed; hori- zontal rami of mandible low, their inferior margin conspicuously. Fig. 68.—Megaloglossus wocrmanni, ^. Bitje, R. Jn, Camerooiis. No. ). I (linear), front view J, outline of dorsal aspect of skull |. descending in posterior half, coronoid process much sloping back- ward, low, and narrow, top of process little higher than (in some specimens practically at a level with) tip of canines, angular process rounded off; symphysis not longer thau in Eonycteris (decidedly shorter than in Slarror/lossiis), but extremity of mandible (in front of canines) more drawn out in length, partly to fit to the more proclivous premaxilhe, partly owing to develo]iment of a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology . [Mammals]; Dobson, George Edward; Andersen, Knud. London
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