. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. 576 MVONYCTERIS. 17. MYONYCTERIS, Matsdiie. Cynonycteris (pt.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. 13. M. p. 71. Type. 1899. Myonycteris (subgenus of Xantharpyia) (pt.), Matschie, Megachir. pp. 6], 63 M. torquata. Cynopterus, second section, Gray, Cat. Monk. 8,-c. p. 123 (1870). Cyuouycteris (pt.), Dobson, I. s. c. (1878 : C. torquata only). Myonycteris (subgenus, pt.), Matschie, I. s. c. (1899: M. torquntn, excl. M. anffolensis); (genus), A'. Andersen, Ann. S,- Mag. N. IT. (7) xix. pp. 'o03, .511 (1907 : characters); id., op. cit. (8j "i
. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. 576 MVONYCTERIS. 17. MYONYCTERIS, Matsdiie. Cynonycteris (pt.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. 13. M. p. 71. Type. 1899. Myonycteris (subgenus of Xantharpyia) (pt.), Matschie, Megachir. pp. 6], 63 M. torquata. Cynopterus, second section, Gray, Cat. Monk. 8,-c. p. 123 (1870). Cyuouycteris (pt.), Dobson, I. s. c. (1878 : C. torquata only). Myonycteris (subgenus, pt.), Matschie, I. s. c. (1899: M. torquntn, excl. M. anffolensis); (genus), A'. Andersen, Ann. S,- Mag. N. IT. (7) xix. pp. 'o03, .511 (1907 : characters); id., op. cit. (8j "ii. p. 450 (1908 : new species). Xantharpyia (subgenus, pt.), MatscJiie, Megachir. p. (1899 : brachycephala only). Roussetlus (pt.), Trouessart, Cat. Mamin., Siippl. p. Lid (1904). Rousettus (pt.), Miller, Fam. §â Gen. Bats, p. 54 (1907). Diagnosis.âIntermediate between the Rousettine and Cyno- pterine sections. Rostrum much shorter than in Rousettus, bub not quite so short and stout as in Cynopterus; dental formula as in Jiousettus (incisors " _ -, cheek-teeth ''), but m'" and m, nearly rudi- mentary, m^ noticeably reduced. A short tail. Forearm 56-67 ram. [Four species. Range, the western Ethiopian foi'est region, including the island of San Thome.] ShiU (fig. 46).âLength of rostrum (front of orbit to tip of nasals) little more than breadth across lower edges of lachrymal foramina; rostrum similar in breadth to that of Rousettus, slenderer. Fig. 46. -Myonyeteris tm-ouqhtoni, ^, type of species, district, Congo. No. Rirer Likati, Welle than in Cynopterus. Orbit quite or nearly as large as in Cynopterus, conspicuously larger than in Rousettus; orbital diameter about I of total length of skull; front of orbit above back of p^ or front of m'. Basicranial axis less deflected than in Rousettus, nearly horizontal as in Cynopterus. Coronoid moderate or strong, sloping; condyle of mandible above level of alveolar Please note that these ima
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