. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . Fig. 144. Leptonycteris nivalis. No. 3Q7 Acad. Nat. Sci. Coll. Twice nat. si;?e. Face enlarged ; times. Gcogr. Disir. Southern Mexico into Guatemala. Gail. Char. Wings from the tibia: calcaneuni very short: feetlarge. Color. Fur above dark brown, base whitish: under parts paler;wrings and interfemoral membrane naked. Mcasitrcniciits. Length of head and body. ; forearm, ;thmnb, ; third finger, metacarpal, ; fourth finger, metacarpal,; fifth finger, nietacarpal, 4^;: tibia, u.;: ear. : tragus. 7. Fig. CXIX.
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . Fig. 144. Leptonycteris nivalis. No. 3Q7 Acad. Nat. Sci. Coll. Twice nat. si;?e. Face enlarged ; times. Gcogr. Disir. Southern Mexico into Guatemala. Gail. Char. Wings from the tibia: calcaneuni very short: feetlarge. Color. Fur above dark brown, base whitish: under parts paler;wrings and interfemoral membrane naked. Mcasitrcniciits. Length of head and body. ; forearm, ;thmnb, ; third finger, metacarpal, ; fourth finger, metacarpal,; fifth finger, nietacarpal, 4^;: tibia, u.;: ear. : tragus. 7. Fig. CXIX. Leptonycteris nivalis. Snowy sSti4 .\cad. Nat. Sci. Coll. ANUKA. Skull: occii)ito-nas:il Icnglh, ig; HlmiscI, 17; zygomatic width, 9; inter-orbital constriction, 4; length of nasals, 6; ])alatal length, ; lengthof upjier molar series, ; length of mandiMo, angle to sym])hysis, 14;lower molar st-rios, 7. 155. Aiiiir;i. ;C.:^;:i;| = 38. Anoura {sic) Oray, Ann. Nat. Hist., or Mag. Zool. Bot. & Geol., 11,1S38, ]). 490. Type .1. gcojjroyi Peters, Monatsb. K. Prcuss. Akad. Wiss. Herb, icS68, P- 3(^5-Up])er outer incisors triangular, acute, larger than inner ])air whichare round and blunt; lower incisors deciduous; molars with W-shapedcusp, except the last, whii-h has a V-shai)cd cusp. P^irst lower pre-molar close to canine, second lower premolar sometimes present, small;zygomatic arch wanting. Nose-leaf similar to that of Lcptoiiyctcrisnivalis; ears little longer than half the head; tongue with lengthenedpapilkc along the side
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