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Cranial measurements of Myotis grisescens- — Continued 



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MYOTIS VELIFER (J. A. Allen) 



(Synonymy under subspecies) 



Distribution. — From Kansas and eastern Texas westward to south- 

 ern Utah and southern California, thence southward through Mexico 

 to the highlands of Guatemala. 



Diagnosis. — Size large among the American species of Myotic,' 

 forearm usually 40 to 46 mm. ; total length about 90 to 100 mm. ; tail 

 usually 39 to 42 mm.; average ratio of tail to head and body in 10 

 specimens from Arizona, 79.9 ; in 10 from Vera Cruz, 81.9, in 4 from 

 Lower California, 82.2; greatest length of skull (except in a small 

 race from Lower California) usually more than 16.5 mm. (15.6 to 17.6 

 mm.) ; maxillary tooth row 6.0 to 7.0 mm.; mandibular tooth row 6.2 

 to 7.2 mm. ; greatest palatal breadth including molars slightly exceed- 

 ing length of maxillary tooth row ; hind foot slightly more than one- 

 half as long as tibia ; ear not specially elongated ; pelage dull ; sagittal 

 crest well developed in adults ; cheek teeth robust, the breadth of the 

 maxillary teeth, as compared with that of the palate, obviously 

 greater than in other American members of the genus, Myotis occultus 

 excepted ; upper molars with full complement of secondary cusps and 

 I idges ; cingulum on inner side of crown of r>i^ and in? well developed 

 and conspicuous. 



