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PHYLLOSTOMA. 



148. Phyllostoma. 



Phyllostomus (sic) Lacepede, Tabl. Divisions sous Div. Ordres et 

 Genres des Mamm., 1799, p. 16. Type Vespertilio hastatus 

 Pallas. 



Phyllostoma Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, xv, 1810, p. 174. 



Muzzle short, broad; nose-leaf free in front, well developed; a 

 deep V-shaped groove on chin margined by small warts; ears 

 moderate, separate ; wing membrane extending to the ankles ; middle 

 finger has first phalanx less than one-third the length of metacarpal ; 

 tail piercing the interfemoral membrane, which is large and reaches 

 considerably beyond the end of the tail. Skull wider behind canines 

 than between postorbital fossae; first upper premolar well developed. 



FIG. 140. PHYLLOSTOMA HASTATUM. 

 No. 15222 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Coll. 

 Nat. size. Nose enlarged 3 times. 



627. hastatum (Vespertilio), Pall., Spicil. Zool., fasc., in, 1767, p. 7. 



maximus Wied, Reise Bras., n, 1820-21, p. 242. 

 SPEAR-NOSED BAT. 



Type locality. Unknown. 



