BRACHYPHYLLA. 689 



FIG. 149. BRACHYPHYLLA CAVERNARUM. 



No. 102350 Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. Enlarged 1 A. Nose enlarged 3 times. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



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A. Upper parts reddish brown B. cavernarum 689 



B. Upper parts cholocate brown, base of fur white B. nana 690 



650. cavernarum (Brachyphylla) , Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1833, p. 123. 

 CAVERN NOSE-LEAF BAT. 



Type locality. St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles. 



Geogr. Distr. Islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, and St. Vincent. 



Genl. Char. Muzzle narrow; nose-leaf oblong, attached to muzzle 

 in front, upper margin emarginate in center; outer margin of tragus 

 above with tooth-like projections ; large wart on each cheek under eye, 

 wing membrane with numerous parallel lines of raised papillae. Other 

 characters like genus. 



Color. Reddish brown above, beneath paler. 



Measurements. Length of head and body, 83.8; forearm, 63.5; 

 thumb, 16.5; third finger, metacarpal, 53.3; fourth finger, 49.5; fifth 

 finger, 52.3; tibia, 25.4; foot, 19; ear, 20.3; tragus, 8.8. Skull: basal 

 length, 28; median palatal length, 14; zygomatic breadth, 17.4; 

 breadth of braincase above roots of zygomata, 13; interorbital con- 



