. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . size PEROPTERYX. DECLIDURUS. 574. canina (Wspcrtilio), Wied. Schinzs Thierr., i. 1821. p. Bat. Type locality. East coast of Brazil. Gcogr. Distr. Guatemala, Central America, to Brazil. Gcitl. Char. Ears as long as head, broad; tragus without lobe atbase of outer margin; antebrachial pouch in center of anterior half ofupper surface of membrane, sac small; wings from ankles; terminalcaudal vertebra pierces the membrane. Color. Above dark brown; beneath paler. Measurements. Total length, 66; tail, ; forearm, ;


. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . size PEROPTERYX. DECLIDURUS. 574. canina (Wspcrtilio), Wied. Schinzs Thierr., i. 1821. p. Bat. Type locality. East coast of Brazil. Gcogr. Distr. Guatemala, Central America, to Brazil. Gcitl. Char. Ears as long as head, broad; tragus without lobe atbase of outer margin; antebrachial pouch in center of anterior half ofupper surface of membrane, sac small; wings from ankles; terminalcaudal vertebra pierces the membrane. Color. Above dark brown; beneath paler. Measurements. Total length, 66; tail, ; forearm, ; thumb,; third finger, metacarpal, ; fourth finger, metacarpal, ;^^;fifth finger, metacarpal, ; tibia, 19; foot, Skull: occipito-nasal length, 13; zygomatic width, 8; interorbital constriction, 3;width of braincase, 7; palatal length, 4. 131. Declidurus. ; c.^=i; ; M.^=^ = ^ ^-i-i ?^•2-2 ^^-3-3 -^ Declidurus Weid, Isis. 1819, p. 162Q. Type Dccliditnts albus Wied. iMuzzle not groo\ed on the sides; nostrils valvular; deep frontal. Fig. 120. Declidurus albus. No. 7947 Coll. .Am. Mus. Nat. N. twice nat. size. Incisors enlarged S times. DECLIDURUS. 6ir, excavation between eyes; eyes large; thumb short, the claw rudi-mentary and nearly contained in wing membrane; tail in a foldbeneath interfemoral membrane, its apex perforating a pouch incenter of the memljrane and appearing on upper surface; upperincisors separated from canines; first upper premolar very small. KKY TO THK SPECIES. page A. Upper incisors with a second external cusp D. albus 615 B. Upper incisors without second external cusp IJ. virgo 615


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