BRACHYPHYLLA. 689 
FiG. 149. BRACHYPHYLLA CAVERNARUM. 
No. 102350 Coll. U.S. Nat. Mus. Enlarged %. Nose enlarged 3 times 
Gey TO THE SPECIES: 
PAGI 
A. Upper parts reddish brown......... B. cavernarum 689 
B. Upper parts cholocate brown, base of fur white. . B.nana 690 
650. cavernarum (Brachyphylla), Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1833, p. 123 
CAVERN NOSE-LEAF Bat. 
Type locahty. St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles. 
Geogr. Distr. Islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, and St. Vincent. 
Genl. Char. Muzzle narrow; nose-leaf oblong, attached to muzzle 
in front, upper margin emarginate in center; outer margin of tragus 
above with tooth-like projections; large wart on each cheek under eye, 
wing membrane with numerous parallel lines of raised papilla. Other 
characters like genus. 
Color. Reddish brown above, beneath paler. 
Measurements. Length of head and body, 83.8; forearm, 63.5; 
thumb, 16.5; third finger, metacarpal, 53.3; fourth finger, 49.5; fifth 
finger, 52.3; tibia, 25.4; foot, 19; ear, 20.3; tragus, 8.8. Skull: basal 
length, 28; median palatal length, 14; zygomatic breadth, 17.4; 
breadth of braincase above roots of zygomata, 13; interorbital con- 
