. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . aragua. Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua, Central America. Geul. Char. Similar to Glossophaga soriciiia; ears short, rounded;basal third of forearm furred; metacarpal of thumb hairy, also alongbodv from middle of humerus to femur; rest of wings naked; tail onupper surface of interfemoral membrane. Color. Uniform smoky brown. Measurements. Head and body, 46; forearm, 33; tail, 67 ; foot, ;ear, 10; calcar, Skull: greatest length, ; basal length, ;width of braincase, ; interorbital constriction, 4; palatal length, 11;fr
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . aragua. Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua, Central America. Geul. Char. Similar to Glossophaga soriciiia; ears short, rounded;basal third of forearm furred; metacarpal of thumb hairy, also alongbodv from middle of humerus to femur; rest of wings naked; tail onupper surface of interfemoral membrane. Color. Uniform smoky brown. Measurements. Head and body, 46; forearm, 33; tail, 67 ; foot, ;ear, 10; calcar, Skull: greatest length, ; basal length, ;width of braincase, ; interorbital constriction, 4; palatal length, 11;from front of canine to l)ack of last molar, 684 PHYLLONYCTERIS. 157. riiyllonyfteris. ^; C—: P.—: ^^ = S2. 2—2 1 — 1 2—2 3—3 ^ Phyllonycteris Gundl. 6c Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. i860, p. Si7. Type Phyllonycteris poeyi moderately long; erect nose-leaf short; interfemoral mem-brane narrow, not so long as the tail; tongue and incisors as in Glosso-phaga, molars as in Hcmidcrma. but with less developed Fig. 147. Phyllonycteris poeyi. No. io3>S5 U. S. Nat. Mus. nat. si^e. Incisms enlarttd ^ times. KEY TO THE SPECIES. A. Calcaneuni distinct. a. Zygomatic arch complete. a. Rim of anterior nares thin, distinctlyflaring; teeth small; anterior border oftragus with several fleshy projections near p.\ge tip; back dark brown P. honihijrons 6S5 b. Rim of anterior nares thick, not flaring;teeth large; anterior border of tragusentire; back light clay color P. plaiiifroiis 6S5 PHYLLONYCTERIS. 685 PAGE b. *Zygomatic arch incomplete P. sezekorni 686 B. fCalcaneum none P. poeyi 686 645. bombifrons {Phylloiiyctcris), Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiii, 1899, p. Bat. Type locality. Cave near I^ayamon, Porto Rico. Gcogr. Distr. Island of Porto Rico. Gcul. Char. Ear moderately long; anterior border of ear conchconvex above base; then nearly straight, tip rounded; posterior borderdenticulate; broad groove lietw
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