. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. : Relation SIZE to widtii over canini: comparison between Phyllonyctens (?) and outgroup (+) With increasing skull size, the anterior width of the palate increases to a proportionally less extent, the gradient of the reduced elliptic major axis clearly remaining below 45 degrees (tan alpha = 0,57). It is, however, remarkable that the genera Erophylla and Phyllonyctens having been simmiarized within the subfamily Phyllonycterinae do not differ from the outgroup in this respect (). In the Glossophag
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. : Relation SIZE to widtii over canini: comparison between Phyllonyctens (?) and outgroup (+) With increasing skull size, the anterior width of the palate increases to a proportionally less extent, the gradient of the reduced elliptic major axis clearly remaining below 45 degrees (tan alpha = 0,57). It is, however, remarkable that the genera Erophylla and Phyllonyctens having been simmiarized within the subfamily Phyllonycterinae do not differ from the outgroup in this respect (). In the Glossophaginae, size-dependent shift in proportion follows the same pattern; the distances between the canine teeth are, however, smaller at equal body size in a genus- —. 1 1 1-| 1 1 \ 1 1 : Relation SIZE to width over canini: comparison between Glossopliaga (u), Pliyllostomiis (+). 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 Bonn, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
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