The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . e Thijroptera of Spix, which appears to have several cha-racters of the Molossines, and the thumb of which has a little concave palette peculiar to them (fig. 10, a), bywhich they are enabled to cling more closely. [Several species of this genus agree in possessing this appendage, which is proportionally larger in theyoung. As a whole, the group of Molossines isextremely distinct and insulated, thoughconsisting of a vast number of species,of which about twent
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . e Thijroptera of Spix, which appears to have several cha-racters of the Molossines, and the thumb of which has a little concave palette peculiar to them (fig. 10, a), bywhich they are enabled to cling more closely. [Several species of this genus agree in possessing this appendage, which is proportionally larger in theyoung. As a whole, the group of Molossines isextremely distinct and insulated, thoughconsisting of a vast number of species,of which about twenty may be consideredestablished; sLx or seven of these ap-pertain to the eastern hemisphere. Thelargest and most curious of them isD. chciropus, Tem. (Cheiromeles, Horsf.,fig. 11), from Siam, which measuresnearly two feet across: it is quite naked,with the exception of an abrupt collarof hairs round the neck. Several have the upper lip laterallypendent (fig. 10), whence the nameMolossiis or Mastiff; and the termDysopiis refers to the toes being moreor less tufted with hair. The greaternumber of species are from Brazil andParaguay.].
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