. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. C'ASIXYOTRRIS. the mcflian angle in coniiiuiation with the long and high vomerine ridge. Orhito-temporal cavity considerably expanded laterally, the zygomata therefore standing widely out laterally; postorbital processes very thin, hut rather longer than in Scotonycteris; temporal ridges as in Scotonycteris not united to form a sagittal crest. Horizontal rami of mandible even more thickened in the region below p^-raâ than in Scotonycteris; coronoid process higher, broader, and less sloping. 1^ r c p p m Dentition (figs. 43 and
. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. C'ASIXYOTRRIS. the mcflian angle in coniiiuiation with the long and high vomerine ridge. Orhito-temporal cavity considerably expanded laterally, the zygomata therefore standing widely out laterally; postorbital processes very thin, hut rather longer than in Scotonycteris; temporal ridges as in Scotonycteris not united to form a sagittal crest. Horizontal rami of mandible even more thickened in the region below p^-raâ than in Scotonycteris; coronoid process higher, broader, and less sloping. 1^ r c p p m Dentition (figs. 43 and 44).â 28. 1, '2 c P, V, Pi m, m,^ Pentul formula as in Scotonycteris and all other Epomophorine hats, except Flerotes. Upper and lower incisors quite as in Scotonycteris. Canines conspicuously longer and slightly slenderer ; upper canine with a faint indication of a vertical groove on antero-medial surface of crown. Premolars and molars shortened and broadened, sub- circular in transverse section, as in Scotonycteris, but m' and m.^. Fi''. 44. âx^. Eight p3. p-*, till, ^nd left \i^. ]â >^. 111,. viewed from behind, ot" Casiin/cteris orgi/nnis {type of species). iV . B. Corresponding teeth, in same view, of Scotonycteris :enl;eri â " (type of 5. bedfordi). 5 (linear). not quite so much reduced in size, m' being only slightly smaller than (in Scotonycteris about one-half the bulk of) p\ and m^ considerably larger than (in Scotonycteris subequal to) p^. Outer ridge of p^-m' and Pj-m,, as in Scotonycteris, high and cusp-like ; inner cusp of p^ and Pg well-developed and separate (in Scotonycttris suppressed or fused with outer) ; outer and inner cusps of p', P3, and Pj even distinctly diverging at tips (see tig. 44). Falate-ridr/es {i\g. 45).âFive interdental and a large number of irregular, thin and serrate ridges crowded together on postdental palate. Four anterior ridges thick and prominent; ridge closely behind canines, second between p^-p^, third betwee
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