672 



GLOSSOPHAGA. 



Measurements. Total length, 65; tail vertebrae, 8; forearm, 35.5; 

 longest finger, metacarpal, 35.5; tibia, 14; ear, 9; tragus, 4.5. 



631. soricina (Vespertilio), Pall., Misc. Zool., 1766, p. 48, pi. iv, 



figs. 16-18; pi. v. 

 amplexicaudata, Geoff., Me"m. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, iv, 1818, 



p. 418, pi. xvm. 

 nigra, Gray, Voy. "Sulphur," Mamm., 1844, p. 18, pi. v, fig. i. 





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FIG. CXVI. GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA. 



No. 6489 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. 



leachii, Gray, Voy. "Sulphur," Mamm., 1844, p. 18. 



caudifer, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ist Ser., xix, 1847, p. 407. 

 SHREW-LIKE BAT. 



Type locality. Unknown. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. 



Genl. Char. Mainly those of the genus. 



Color. Fur above dark brown at tips, remaining portion yel- 

 lowish white, beneath gray, base of fur nearly white; long fine hairs 

 from in front of eyes and behind the chin. 



Measurements. Length of head and body, 50.8; tail vertebras, 

 7.6; forearm, 34.2; third finger, metacarpal, 33; fourth finger, meta- 

 carpal, 30.4; fifth finger, 29.2; tibia, 11.4; foot, 9.1; ear, 13.9; tragus, 

 5. Skull: total length, 21.5; occipito-nasal length, 19; Hensel, 17.5; 

 zygomatic width, 9; interorbital constriction, 4.5; width of braincase 

 above roots of zygomata, 8; palatal length, 10.5; length of upper 

 molar series, 5.5 ; length of mandible, angle to symphysis, 14.5 ; length 

 of lower molar series, 6.5. 



a. antillarum (Gloss ophaga} , Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 



1902, p. 37. 

 ANTILLES BAT. 



Type locality. Port Antonio, Island of Jamaica. 



Geogr. Distr. Islands of Jamaica and the Bahamas. 



Genl. Char. Larger than G. soricina. Skull longer, rostrum 

 narrower, and second upper molar larger. 



Color. General color and membranes walnut brown, apparently 

 more reddish than G. soricina. (Alcoholic specimen.) 



