630 NYCTINOMUS. 
the eye terminating in a curved line that joins the outer border; 
lower margin of ears wrinkled and carried nearly to the angle of the 
mouth; nostrils lateral; interfemoral membrane covered with gray 
hairs; wing membrane from tarsus; tail hidden in membrane for half 
its length. First premolar small. 
Color. Above Prout’s brown, beneath ashy brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 83.5; forearm, 43; tail, 28.9; free 
portion, 20.3; thumb, 7.6; ear, 17.7; width of ears, 14. Skull: occipito- 
nasal length, 19; zygomatic width, 10; width of braincase, 9; palatal 
length, 9; upper tooth row, without incisors, 4.5; length of mandible, 
It Ato 
592. bahamensis (Nyctinomus), Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 
Philaty i902.) 04a 
BAHAMAN FREE-TAILED Bart. 
Type locality. Governor’s Harbor, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. 
Genl. Char. Central emargination of nose pad shallow; size large. 
Color. Above broccoli brown, beneath drab gray. 
Measurements. Total length, 91; forearm, 42; tail, 36. 
593. musculus (Nyctinomus), Gundl., Monatsb. K. Preus. Akad. 
Wiss. Berl., 1861, p. 149. 
FREE-TAILED MousE Bat. 
Type locality. Cuba. 
Geogr. Distr. Islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, St. Kitts, Trinidad. 
Genl. Char. Similar to N. mexicanus but third finger shorter. 
Color. Above seal brown, beneath hair brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 86; tail vertebre, 34; third finger, 
68-77 
594, minutus (Nyctinomus), Miller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 
1899, Pp- 173- 
brasiliensis Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1892, p. 316. 
(Bare) 
LITTLE FREE-TAILED Bat. 
Type locality. Trinidad, Island of Cuba. 
Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba. 
Genl. Char. Smallest species of the genus; ears separate, pointed, 
slightly keeled; anterior edge of ear without horny excrescences; 
pad at base of thumb broad and conspicuous. Skull with short, 
broad rostrum, ne conspicuous lachrymal processes; dental formula 
IS; C= = — .5 i 5 = 28. (Miller, 1. c.) 
Color. Dull reddish brown, paler on belly. 
Measurements. Total length, 74; tail vertebre, 28; forearm, 29; 
