. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. KoNYcrrRi^^. 731 Dentition very similar to that of Sttnoiii/cleris. Upjier incisors small, terete, distinctly spaced, crown scarcely ditt'erentiated from shaft; lower incisors when perfectly unworn slij^htly Idlobed (the small median notch in the cutting-edge disappears very soon by wear). Upper canines long and tliin, with a well-marked longi- tudinal groove along anterior surface, generallj' a distinct trace of a cingulum at posterior base of teeth, scarcely any at all at inner base; lower canines slanted conspicuously outvTa
. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the ... Museum. KoNYcrrRi^^. 731 Dentition very similar to that of Sttnoiii/cleris. Upjier incisors small, terete, distinctly spaced, crown scarcely ditt'erentiated from shaft; lower incisors when perfectly unworn slij^htly Idlobed (the small median notch in the cutting-edge disappears very soon by wear). Upper canines long and tliin, with a well-marked longi- tudinal groove along anterior surface, generallj' a distinct trace of a cingulum at posterior base of teeth, scarcely any at all at inner base; lower canines slanted conspicuously outvTard. p' subequal to an u|)per incisor ; p'-m' and p.,-tnj as narrow as, and scarcely differing in any noteworthy character from, those oi Stenonycteris; m' and m, individually somewhat variable in size and shape, the former nearly always distinctly larger than p', m^ (if present) as a rule smaller than p^. Pul(ite-ri<!(/es (fig. f)7 B).—4 + 3 + 1, i. e. four anterior undivided, three posterior divided, and one at extreme hinder edge of palate. Number and arrangement as in typical species oi UousMus{^%. (57 A), except for some difference in the shape and position of the posterior. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology . [Mammals]; Dobson, George Edward; Andersen, Knud. London
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