OTOPTERUS. VAMPYRUS. 655 
The next genus contains the largest species of bat known in the 
New World, the V. spectrum, which formerly bore a very bad repu- 
tation, and was accused of sanguineous habits, but all such charges 
have been proved false, as the animal is now known to subsist mainly 
on fruits, and is harmless. 
142. Vampyrus. 
2-2, pvI—lI, p 2-2. 3 
12; CAS, P22, MEP= 34. 
4 
tn lw 
Vampyrus Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc., X11, 1820, p. 79.. Type 
Vespertilio spectrum Linneus. 
Muzzle long, narrow; nose-leaf horseshoe form; ridge on each side 
of lower lip in front with a deep groove between; wings from base of 
toes; tail not present, or very short; ears large, not connected; ear 
conch, terminating in front of base of tragus; tragus long, external 
marginal processes prominent; outer lower incisors sometimes absent ; 
molar with W-shaped cusps. 
Fic. 135. VAMPYRUS SPECTRUM. 
Nat. size. Nose view enlarged \%. 
