California mammals . yddeker. (Ear—wing.) Nose leaf simple, erect; ears large, united at base; point oftail extending beyond the interfemoral membrane; skull long andslender. Dental formula, I, 2—2; C, i—i; P, 2—3 ; M, 3—3X2=34. Otopterus califomicus Baird. CALIFORNIA LEAF-NOSED BAT. Nose with an upright leaf of cartilege and skin; ears verylarge, connected at their bases; tragus slender, pointed, one-third the height of the ear; wingsbroad, not furred; interfemoralmembrane small, concave inoutline; basal half of pelagewhite, outer half broccolibrown, darkest above, paler be-neath, slightly ti
California mammals . yddeker. (Ear—wing.) Nose leaf simple, erect; ears large, united at base; point oftail extending beyond the interfemoral membrane; skull long andslender. Dental formula, I, 2—2; C, i—i; P, 2—3 ; M, 3—3X2=34. Otopterus califomicus Baird. CALIFORNIA LEAF-NOSED BAT. Nose with an upright leaf of cartilege and skin; ears verylarge, connected at their bases; tragus slender, pointed, one-third the height of the ear; wingsbroad, not furred; interfemoralmembrane small, concave inoutline; basal half of pelagewhite, outer half broccolibrown, darkest above, paler be-neath, slightly tipped with\\ hite; membranes light about 95 mm. (); tail vetebrs 41* (); ear from crown 28 California LealT-nosed Bat. (); BXpauSe of wiugS 33O (13)-Type locality, old Fort Yuma, California. California Leaf-nosed Bats are found in Southern California, Arizona, western Mexico and Lower California. In California they fiequent valleys and foothills. The)- are pi^obably ff P^^ PHYLLASTOMATID^ 277 I know of no instance of their occurance in California in winter,and I have failed tO find them at all in January in a place whereI .can nearly always find them in spring and summer. They prob-ably spend the day in caves, crevices in rocks and similar darkplaces. I have not seen them on the wing until all the twilighthas faded away. The young are born in June. More than halfof the females bear two young, the remainder but one. 278 CALIFORNIA MAMMADS. Order Primates. Inner digit of hand, and in some families the inner digitof foot, opposable to* the other digits; femur and humerus fullyexserted; clavicles present; orbits encircled by bone and directedforward. Family Hominidse. (Man.) Body erect; inner digit of foot not opposable to the otherdigits; five digits on each limb; cranium large; cerebrabhemi-spheres Of brain very large; canine teeth but moderately develop-ed; tooth row without gap; no tail vertebrae; hair developed onlyon specia
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