614 PEROPTERYX. DECLIDURUS. 



574. canina (Vespertilio), Wied, Schinz's Thierr., i, 1821, p. 179. 

 DOG-LIKE BAT. 



Type locality. East coast of Brazil. 



Geogr. Distr. Guatemala, Central America, to Brazil. 



Genl. Char. Ears as long as head, broad; tragus without lobe at 

 base of outer margin ; antebrachial pouch in center of anterior half of 

 upper surface of membrane, sac small; wings from ankles; terminal 

 caudal vertebra pierces the membrane. 



Color. Above dark brown ; beneath paler. 



Measurements. Total length, 66; tail, 15.2 ; forearm, 45.7 ; thumb, 

 7.6; third finger, metacarpal, 39.3; fourth finger, metacarpal, 33; 

 fifth finger, metacarpal, 30.4; tibia, 19; foot, 8.8. Skull: occipito- 

 nasal length, 13; zygomatic width, 8; interorbital constriction, 3; 

 width of braincase, 7; palatal length, 4. 



127. Declidurus. 



J I I. Ini. p ?H?. Jy[ 3l^ _ - 2 



Declidurus Weid, Isis, 1819, p. 1629. Type Declidurus albus Wied. 

 Muzzle not grooved on the sides; nostrils valvular; deep frontal 



FIG. 120. DECLIDURUS ALBUS. 



No. 7947 Coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y. 

 Skull twice nat. size. Incisors enlarged 5 times. 



