OTOPTERUS. VAMPYRUS. 655 
The next genus contains the largest species of bat known 1n 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 1s harmless. 
142. Vamopyrus. 
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Vampyrus Leach, Trans:. Linn. Soc., xi, 1820, p. 79. Type 
Vespertilio spectrum Linneus. 
Muzzle long, narrow; nose-leaf horseshoe form; ridge on each side 
of lower hp 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 %. 
