. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. 174 BULLETIN 57. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. lse at tip. Lower lip conspicuously divided in front. Calcar absent. Interfemoral membrane very narrow, extending to middle of tibia. Tail about half as long as femur, included to middle in interfemoral â membrane. Species examined.âPhyllonycteris poeyi Gundlach. Remarks.âSuperficially this genus might be mistaken for a mem- ber of the Glossophaginffi, but it is readily distinguishable by the absence of the calcar and by the narrow interfemoral membrane which does not extend below middle of tibia. T
. The families and genera of bats . Bats; Bats. 174 BULLETIN 57. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. lse at tip. Lower lip conspicuously divided in front. Calcar absent. Interfemoral membrane very narrow, extending to middle of tibia. Tail about half as long as femur, included to middle in interfemoral â membrane. Species examined.âPhyllonycteris poeyi Gundlach. Remarks.âSuperficially this genus might be mistaken for a mem- ber of the Glossophaginffi, but it is readily distinguishable by the absence of the calcar and by the narrow interfemoral membrane which does not extend below middle of tibia. The structure of its teeth is strikingly peculiar as compared with that in any of the Glossophagine bats. Genus REITHRONYCTERIS Miller. 333, 1898. Reithronyctcris Miixeb, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. July 12, 1898. 1904. Rhithronycteris Elliot, Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the AVest Indies, p. 687. Type-species.âReithronycterisaph- ylla Miller. Geographic distribution.âJamaica. Number of forms.âOnly the type species is thus far known. Characters.âSimilar to Phyllo- nycteris, but floor of brain case ele- vated out of its usual position, so that roof of posterior nares is formed by two longitudinal folds given off probably by the pterygoids and nearly meeting in median line in re- gion usually occupied by basisphe- noid and presphenoid. Species examined.âReithronycte- ris aphylla Miller. Remarks.âThrough the kindness of the authorities of the Jamaica I have been enabled to re- examine the type of Reithronycteris aphylla, the only specimen by which the genus and species is known. I can therefore correct two inaccuracies in the original account: The tail is, like that of Phyllonycteris, only half as long as the femur, and the teeth do not in the least resemble those'of Brachy- phytta. The teeth, though slightly injured by decalcification, are evidently similar to those of Phyllonycteris poeyi, an animal with which I was not acquainted in 1898. The fo
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