. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . m, ; thumb,5; second finger, 37 ; third finger, 77 ; fourth finger, 56; fifth finger, 57 ;tibia, 19; foot, ; ear from meatus, 14; from crown, 12. Skull:greatest length, 16; basal length, 14; zygomatic breadth, 8; inter-orbital constriction, 3; width of braincase above roots of zygomata,; mandible, i 2 ; maxillary tooth row, 7 ; mandibular tooth row, 7. 634 NYCTIELLUS. 134. Nyctiellus. I.^; ^i; P.|=^; M 3=1 = 38. 3—3 I—I i—i 3—3 ^ Nyctiellus Gerv. Exped. du Comte de Castelnau, Amer. Sud. Mamm.,1855, p. 84, Plate XV,
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . m, ; thumb,5; second finger, 37 ; third finger, 77 ; fourth finger, 56; fifth finger, 57 ;tibia, 19; foot, ; ear from meatus, 14; from crown, 12. Skull:greatest length, 16; basal length, 14; zygomatic breadth, 8; inter-orbital constriction, 3; width of braincase above roots of zygomata,; mandible, i 2 ; maxillary tooth row, 7 ; mandibular tooth row, 7. 634 NYCTIELLUS. 134. Nyctiellus. I.^; ^i; P.|=^; M 3=1 = 38. 3—3 I—I i—i 3—3 ^ Nyctiellus Gerv. Exped. du Comte de Castelnau, Amer. Sud. Mamm.,1855, p. 84, Plate XV, fig. 6. Type Vespertilio lepidus premolar minute; crown elevated, highest at posteriormargin; rostrum broad and lengthened; thumb prominent; wingmembrane from near ankle, and with the interfemoral membrane, iscovered with dotted lines similar to those of Natalis. Legs only aslong as body; tail long, wholly inclosed in interfemoral membrane;inner pair of upper incisors diverge from outer pair, their tips pointinginward and nearlv touchins:.. Fig. 127. Nyctiellus lepidus. No. 103898 U. S. Nat. Mus. 2Vz times. Face view enlarged 7 times. 597. lepidus {Vespertilio), Gerv., in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist, deIisle de Cuba, Mamm., 1838, p. 22, pi. i, figs. 1-4. harbatiis Gundl., Wiegm., Archiv. f. Naturg., 1840, p. 356. macrurum Gerv., Compt. Rend. Acad. Scien., Paris, 1856, p. Bat. Type locality. Cuba. Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba; Isle of Pines. Genl. Char. Size very small; inner side of conch convex forward,tip rounded slightly, the margin convex on lower half, concave forremainder; tragus triangular with a small lobe at base and endingabove in a lengthened narrow spur on inner margin; ears moderate,their lower halves hidden in fur. Color. Above mummy brown, base of fur pale cinnamon; be- NYCTIELLUS. CHILONATALIS. 635 neath pinkish buff; ears, wing, and interfemoral membranes palebrown. Measurements. Total length, 60; forearm, 30; longe
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