. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OE BATS. 249 genus resembles the African Eomops. The peculiarities of the skull are, however, more accentuated than in the Old World genus, while the lower incisors show no tendency to modification. The outer lower incisor is present in the larger species of the genus, but apparently always absent in the small M. temminckii. From the American mem- bers of the group it is at once distinguishable by the short, flattened rostrum with its high lachrymal ridges, and conspicuously for- ward-directed antorbital foramina. It is th
. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OE BATS. 249 genus resembles the African Eomops. The peculiarities of the skull are, however, more accentuated than in the Old World genus, while the lower incisors show no tendency to modification. The outer lower incisor is present in the larger species of the genus, but apparently always absent in the small M. temminckii. From the American mem- bers of the group it is at once distinguishable by the short, flattened rostrum with its high lachrymal ridges, and conspicuously for- ward-directed antorbital foramina. It is the only genus of Ameri- can Molossines with complete premaxillaries, a character readily appreciable in young skulls, while even in adults some trace of the two palatal foramina usually persists. As I have already stated (p. 246) there is no reason to replace Peter's name Molossops by Myopterus Geoffrey. Whatever the latter name may apply to, a glance at Gervais's figure of the type skull is sufficient to show that Geoff- roy's animal could have not been a member of the present group. Genus CHEIROMELES Horsfield. 1824. Cheiromeles Horsfield, Zool. Re- searches in Java. 1841. GMropetes Glogee, Gemeinnut- ziges Hand-u. Hilfsbuch der Natur- gesch., I, p. 49. 1846. GMromeles Agassiz, Nomenclator Zoologicus., Mamm., Addenda, p. 3. 1878. Cheiromeles Dobson, Catal. Chi- ropt. Brit. Mus., p. 405. Type-species.—Cheiromeles torqua- tus Horsfield. Geographic distribution.—Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Number of forms.—The type is the, only known species. Characters.—Dental formula :. 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 Miller, Gerrit Smith, 1869-. Washington : Govt. Print. 0ff.
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