416 NYCTICEJUS. NYCTINOMUS. 



Color. Above umber brown, beneath paler, fur at base plumb- 

 eous. 



Afeasurements. Total length, 91.4-93.5; tail vertebrae, 35.8-37.2: 

 tibia, 13. 4-13. 8; foot, 6.7-7.7; forearm, 34.3-36.4; thumb, 5.3-5.6; 

 longest finger, 63.4-65.2; ear from meatus, 12. 7-13. 9; width of ear, 

 8.8-10.5; tragus, 5.1-6.2. 



112. Nyctinomus. 



I. ^ or '-=-'; C. 5=1; p. 1=1 or i=^; M. ^3 = 32 or 28. 

 3—3 2—2' I— i' 2—2 2—2' 3—3 ■' 



Nyctinomus. Geoff. Descr. de I'Eygpte, 1812, 11, p. 114. 



Dinops, Savi, Nuov. Giorn. di 'Lett., 1825, p. 230. 



Dysopes, Cretzsch. (nee Illig.) Rupp. Ath. Reis. Nordl. Afr. ZooL, 

 1826, p. 69. 



Ears close together at base of inner margins; tragus short, 

 rounded above; muzzle projecting beyond lower lip, broad obliquely 

 truncated; upper lip grooved with vertical wrinkles, expansive; first 

 and fifth toes thickest, long curved hairs on back of all the toes; pre- 

 maxillae separate in front, or joined only by cartilage; upper incisor 

 at base in contact with canine, the cusps converging inwards and for- 

 wards. 



Fig. 91. Nyctinomus brasiliensis. 



No. 600 Field Columbian Museum Coll. 

 Skull twice nat. size. Incisors enlarged 7 times. 



