. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . 9; interorbital con-striction, 4; height of braincase, 8; palatal length, 8; length of man-dible, 14. *The specimen here described was received at the Field Cohimbian Museumin a small lot of skins and labeled Yucatan. OTOPTERUS. VAMPYRUS. The next genus contains the largest species of bat known in theNew World, the l. spectrum, which formerly bore a very l)ad repu-tation, and was accused of sanguineous habits, but all such chargeshave been proved false, as the animal is now known to subsist mainlyon fruits, and is harmless. 14^
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . 9; interorbital con-striction, 4; height of braincase, 8; palatal length, 8; length of man-dible, 14. *The specimen here described was received at the Field Cohimbian Museumin a small lot of skins and labeled Yucatan. OTOPTERUS. VAMPYRUS. The next genus contains the largest species of bat known in theNew World, the l. spectrum, which formerly bore a very l)ad repu-tation, and was accused of sanguineous habits, but all such chargeshave been proved false, as the animal is now known to subsist mainlyon fruits, and is harmless. 14^. Vaiiipyrus. Vampyrus Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii, 1820, p. 79. TypeVcspcrtilio spectrum long, narrow; nose-leaf horseshoe form; ridge on each sideof lower lip in front with a deep groove between; wings from base oftoes; tail not present, or very short; ears large, not connected; earconch, terminating in front of base of tragus; tragus long, externalmarginal processes prominent; outer lower incisors sometimes absent;molar with W-shaped Fig. 13&. Vampyrus size. Nose view enlarged V^. t>5ii VAMPYRUS. CHROTOPTERUS. 619. spectrum {Wspcrtilio). Linn. Syst. i. 175S, p. 31; i, 1766. p. Hat. Type locality. America Australi. Gcogr. Disir. Guatemala, Central America, to Brazil. SouthAmerica; Island of Jamaica. Gcnl. Chor. Muzzle long and narrow; nose-leaf lanceolate ovate,horseshoe with free expanded margin, laterally turned upward; widegroove bounded by a narrow naked ridge on lower lip; ears large, butshorter than head, rounded above; tragiis terminating in an acuteprocess; wing membrane extending to basal third of outer toe: inter-femoral reaching beyond the feet; tail none; canines very large; incisors, ^.2—3 Color. Above reddish brown, beneath reddish yellow. Mcosinrniciits. Total length. ; tail. ; forearm. ;thumb. 33; third tii\ger. metacarpal. ; fourth linger, metacarpal,; fifth linger, metacarpal
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