. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. from canines by narrow spaces, their crowns bifid or notched, rather distinctly marked off from shafts, sometimes by an evident con- Canines small and weak, not peculiar in form, without secondary cusps or distinct ridges, the anterior surface without trace of longitudinal furrows. Except that the mandibular canines are smaller, they are almost identical in appearance with those of the upper jaw. No small maxillary premolar or molar (pm2, m2). The remaining maxil- lary teeth (pms, pm4, and m1) are essentially as in Pteropus, except th
. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. from canines by narrow spaces, their crowns bifid or notched, rather distinctly marked off from shafts, sometimes by an evident con- Canines small and weak, not peculiar in form, without secondary cusps or distinct ridges, the anterior surface without trace of longitudinal furrows. Except that the mandibular canines are smaller, they are almost identical in appearance with those of the upper jaw. No small maxillary premolar or molar (pm2, m2). The remaining maxil- lary teeth (pms, pm4, and m1) are essentially as in Pteropus, except that they are rela- tively smaller, and the cusps and ridges, though sharp and distinct, are not as large. Anterior premolar separated from ca- nine by a notice- able diastema, and from next premo- lar by spaces rela- tively wider than in Pteropus. Small lower pre- molar • (pm 2) of about the same relative size as in Pteropus (dis- tinctly larger than incisors), but with an outer cusp and obliquely flattened surface. Other mandibular teeth differing from those of Pteropus about as in the case of the corresponding maxillary teeth, the small molar (m2) closely resembling m% of Pteropus. Skull (fig. 9) broad and flattened, the depth of brain case usually little more than half its width. Deflection of occipital region slight, the alveolar line con- aVery noticeable in an immature E. franqneti from Mount Coffee, Liberia (Cat. No. 83798, U. S. N. M.).. 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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