MAMMALS OF NORTHERN COLOMBIA — HERSHKOVITZ 439 



Type locality. — Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, near Santa Marta, 

 Alagdalena, Colombia. 



Specimens collected. — Seven. Villanueva, 5 males, 2 females (in 

 alcohol) . 



Measurements. — Head and body, 55-63; tail, 6-9; liind foot, 12-13 

 ear, 16-17; forearm, 37.2-39.8 (of two females in alcohol, 39.4, 39.3 

 third metacarpal, 38.5, 38.1; first phalanx of third finger, 14.1, 14.1 

 second phalanx of third finger, 18.4, 16.9); condylobasal length, 

 22.0-22.5; width of brain case, 9.1-9.5; upper tooth row (front of 

 incisor to back of M^), 8.8-9.4; lower canine to back of Mg, 8.4-8.6. 



Remarks. — Where this species occurs together with G. soricina, it 

 is readily distinguished by larger size, longer rostrum, and smaller 

 nose leaf. The incisors are present in all above specimens. The 

 dentition of this bat, as well as of all the other species of glossopha- 

 gines, is weak and frequently defective. Wliere teeth are missing, the 

 loss appears to be the result of some violence, most probably in con- 

 nection with the bat's voracious attacks on soft pulpy fruit containing 

 hard pits. 



LONCHOGLOSSA CAUDIFERA CAUDIFERA Geoffrey 



Glossophaga caudifer Geoffroy, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, vol. 4, p. 418, 



pi. 17, 1818. 

 Lonchoglossa caudifera caudifera, Sanborn, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. 



ser., vol. 20, p. 27, 1933 (revision); vol. 27, p. 375, 1941 (Ciicuta). 



Type locality. — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



Specimens collected. — Five, Pueblo Bello, Sierra Nevada de Santa 

 Marta, 2 males (1 in alcohol); Sierra Negra, Sierra de Perijd, 2 males, 

 1 female. 



Measurements. — Those of a young adult male from Sao Sebastiao, 

 Sao Paulo, Brazil, given in parentheses, head and body, (60) 55-59; 

 tail, 4-7; hind foot, (10) 10-12; ear, 14-14; forearm, (36) 34-37; 

 metacarpal of thu-d finger, (35.4) 35.4-37.3; first phalanx of third 

 finger, (13.6) 11.5-13.1; second phalanx of third finger, (18.2) 17.7- 

 19.9; greatest length of skull, 21.5-22.7; condylobasal length, (21.1) 

 20.7-22.4; width of brain case, 8.6-8.7 (2 specimens); postorbital 

 constriction, (4.3) 4.2-4.5; maxillary tooth row, (7.9) 7.8-8.4; distance 

 across third upper molars, (5.1) 5.4-5.7. 



Remarks. — Assignment of the Colombian series to typical caudifera 

 is provisional. The only other recognized form of the genus is L. 

 caudifera aeguatoris Lonnberg from western Ecuador. This race is 

 known from too little material for exact determination of its dis- 

 tinctive characters. It is said to be darker in color and smaller in 

 cranial and wing measurements. 



