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External measurements of Myotis simus 



Cranial measuretnents of Myotis simus 



[MYOTIS PILOSUS (Peters)] 



Vespertilio (Leuconoe) pilosus Petees, Monatsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1869, 



p. 403. 

 Vespertilio pilosus Dobson, Catal. Chiroptera Brit. Mus., p. 289, 1878. — Tboues- 



SAET, Catal. Mamm. viv. foss., p. 124, 1897. 

 Myotis pilosus Tbouessabt, Catal. Mamm. viv. foss., suppl., p. 89, 1904. 



Type locality. — Not certainly known. 



Type specimen. — An adult female (in alcohol) formerly in the 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris. 



Diagnosis. — A large species, characterized by the large foot and 

 the fact that the wings arise from the tibia and from the middle of 

 the back close to the spine ; forearm 53 mm. 



Description. — Dobson's description of the type specimen is as fol- 

 lows: 



Ears long, narrow, and shortly rounded off above; inner margin of the 

 ear-conch straight above and below, concave in the middle, outer margin 

 straight, slightly concave opposite the base of the tragus, and terminating in 

 a short rounded lobe ; tragus rather short and straight, obtusely pointed, inner 

 margin straight, outer margin convex in lower three-fourths, straight above. 



