. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . , LowerCalifornia, Mexico. Altitude feet. (Iciil. Cliar. Vwv \<-n\^\ calcar like that of ; ears verylars^e, ])ointed at tip; winji;s from base of foot; color \er\ pale. Skullwith foreluad rising gradually from rostrum; occi])uL rounded; ros-trum broad; no occipital crest. Color. Upper parts broccoli brown, with a tinge of russet; underparts whitish or creamy white, the base of all the body hairs beingblackish; ears black with a ])ur])le shade; sides of face pale brown;wings and interfemoral membrane purplish bl
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . , LowerCalifornia, Mexico. Altitude feet. (Iciil. Cliar. Vwv \<-n\^\ calcar like that of ; ears verylars^e, ])ointed at tip; winji;s from base of foot; color \er\ pale. Skullwith foreluad rising gradually from rostrum; occi])uL rounded; ros-trum broad; no occipital crest. Color. Upper parts broccoli brown, with a tinge of russet; underparts whitish or creamy white, the base of all the body hairs beingblackish; ears black with a ])ur])le shade; sides of face pale brown;wings and interfemoral membrane purplish black; feet black. Mcasurcmcuts. Total length, 87 ; tail vertebnc, 43 ; tibia, 21; foot,(); ear from meatus, ly; width of ear, ; tragus, (;; forearm, 32;thumb, ; longest finger, first phalanx, 27; second phalanx, 12;third ])halanx, 10; fourth phalanx, 6. Skull: occipito-nasal length,14; Hensel, 1 i ; zygomatic width, 8; interorbital constriction, 4; widthof rostrum, 5; width of braincase, ; palatal length, 6; length ofupper tooth row, alveolar border, Fig. LXXXV. Myotis nigricans. No. 105644 U. .^. Nat. MuK. Coll .U limes tiat. size. 545. nigricans (Vcspcrtilio), Max., Heitr. .\atur. Bras., 11, 1S26,p. 266. fconciiuia II. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1S66, p. Brown Bat. Type locality. Fazenda de Aga, near the Iritiba River, south-eastern Brazil. (icogr. Distr. Tres Marias Islands, State of Jrdisco, Mexico, southto Colum!)ia and Brazil, West Indies. r>76 MYOTIS. Geiil. Char. Similar to M. calijornicus; foot larger, ear smaller. Color. Above clove brown; beneath light broccoli brown. Measurements. Total length, ; tail vertebras, ; tibia, [;foot, ; forearm, ; thumb, 5; longest finger, ; ear frommeatus, ; width of ear, ; tragus, Skull: occipito-nasallength, 11; zygomatic width, 5; width of braincasc, 6; width of ros-trum, ; interorbital constriction, 3; length of mandible, 9; lengthof upper molar series, ;
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