LONCHORINA. 



OTOPTERUS. 



651 



longest finger, 45.7; foot, 12.7; ear, 29.2; tragus, 17.7; nose-leaf, 26.6. 

 Skull: total length, 24; interorbital constriction, u; length of upper 

 tooth row, 10; of mandible, 15. 



The members of the genus OTOPTERUS are among the large species 

 of the moderate sized bats, and are conspicuous for their huge ears. 

 They are not over-particular as to their diet, and eat insects, fruits, 

 and small bats when they can get them. They can rise into the air 

 from a horizontal surface, a feat quite impossible to many species 

 of other genera, and if they take up their abode in a house, it is said 

 they always select the cellar, never the roof. 



141. Otopterus. 



Otopterus Flower & Lydekker, Mamm. Living & Extinct, 1891, 

 P- 673- 



FIG. 134. OTOPTERUS WATERHOUSII. 



No. 1 106 Field Columbian Mus. 

 Twice nat. size. Nose enlarged 4 times. 



