. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. VTKHol'US. g5 species of this group, viz. I>t. insularls aud jJi-mY/,hah(.^, C"uroliâe Islands, and Ft. laicopten'S, J'hilippines, while preserving most of the pselaphon characters in skull and dentition, show a remarkable decrease in the size of the teeth, and in these species the short and heavy rostrum of a is combined with a normal or evea rather weak coronoid process: similarly in certain peripheral forms. Fig. 8âA, tjpicnl Pteropine mandible (Pf. hi^pomefanus iome^i qj 7 U'), . see text p. 62. B. vna
. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. VTKHol'US. g5 species of this group, viz. I>t. insularls aud jJi-mY/,hah(.^, C"uroliâe Islands, and Ft. laicopten'S, J'hilippines, while preserving most of the pselaphon characters in skull and dentition, show a remarkable decrease in the size of the teeth, and in these species the short and heavy rostrum of a is combined with a normal or evea rather weak coronoid process: similarly in certain peripheral forms. Fig. 8âA, tjpicnl Pteropine mandible (Pf. hi^pomefanus iome^i qj 7 U'), . see text p. 62. B. vnandible of a with short rostrum,'Leav; r Q">"o^'f^ ""'^ steeply ascending coronoid process (Pt. psell phon ); test p. 63. C, n>anclible of a species with exces^i/. y weak clieek-teeth {Pt. mipiilatiis, ); text p. 63. All figures J. of the lomhocemls group, viz. Pt. roJricemis, Kodriguez, and molos- »i,nt,, Caroline Islands). Hut any essential modifications of the skull, other than those briefly referred to abov(s *lo not occur iu tlijs genus. Dn^titioa (figs. G, f), 10).- I' ^ ' P'''' P' °^' °^"' x â¢^-â¢'4 * r 1- , 'i'.iCp, p p m, m,, m, '"* ⢠P- rudimentary, deciduous ; pâ m^, and m^ much reduced in size. * Individual abnormalities in the tooth formula appear to be exceedinalv r«re â, all of P/..o;ââ., except Pt.,capuk,tus (a secies cbara'tSSv d» ), and va.,p;,n,. (cio.,ely â A\[,. 0?^ F. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology . [Mammals]; Dobson, George Edward; Andersen, Knud. London
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