508 LONCHORINA. OTOPTERUS. 



1227. Lonchorina aurita Tomes. 



Lonchorina aurita Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863, p. 83. Elliot, 

 Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 

 1904, p. 650, figs. 133, cviii. Zool. Ser. 

 Tomes' Long-eared Bat. 



Type locality. West Indies. Islands unknown. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



Genus 184. Otopterus. 



Otopterus Lydekker, in Flow. & Lydek. Mamm. Living and Extinct, 

 1891, p. 673. Type Macrotus waterhousii Gray. 

 Macrotus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1843, p. 21. (nee Leach, Ves- 

 pertil., 1816; nee Dejean, Coleopt., 1833; nee Reid, Marsupi- 

 alia, 1836.) 



1228. Otopterus waterhousii (Gray). 



Macrotus waterhousii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1843, p. 21. 

 Otopterus waterhousii Elliot, Mamm, Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 652, figs. 134, cix. Zool. Ser. 

 Waterhouse's Large-eared Bat. 

 Type locality. Island of Haiti. 

 Geogr. Distr. Island of Haiti, West Indies. 



a. Otopterus waterhousii jamaicensis (Rehn). 



Macrotus waterhousii jamaicensis Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 

 Phil., 1904, p. 432. 

 Jamaica Large-eared Bat. 



Type locality. Spanishtown, Jamaica. 



Geogr. Distr. Island of Jamaica. 



Genl. Char. Similar to O. waterhousii, but color duller, skull 

 smaller and narrower, and weaker upper tooth row. 



Color. Above Prout's brown, basal half of hairs white; beneath 

 drab and wood brown, basal half of hairs white ; ears and uropatagium 

 Prout's brown; endopatagium, mesopatagium, and ectopatagium clove 

 brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 90.2-103; forearm, 52-54.5; thumb, 

 12-15; third finger, 88-94; tibia, 21.5-24; calcaneum, 9.2-12; foot, 

 1 2.2-16; tail, 27-36; ear, 23-29; tragus, 8-9.5. Skull; total length, 

 24.2-24.5; greatest zygomatic width, 12-12. 2; interorbital width, 

 4.1-4.3; height of braincase, 9-9.1; width of braincase above roots of 

 zygomata, 9.4-9.5; length of palate, 9.3-11; width of palate, 7.8-8; 

 length of mandible, 16- 16. 5. 



