12. M0L0S9US. 407 



12. MOLOSSUS. 



Molossus, Geoffroy, Ann. du Museum, vi. (1805) p. 154 : Peters, MB. 



Akad. Berl. 18t)5, p. 5?4. 

 Dysopes, lUiger, Prodr. Syst. Mammal. (1811) p. 122. 



Ears close together or united at the bases of their inner margins ; 

 tragus very short, sometimes minute ; extremity of the muzzle 

 broad, obtuse, or very obliquely truncated ; lips smooth or with very 

 indistinct vertical wrinkles ; first and fifth toes much thicker than 

 the others, the backs of aU the toes with long curved hairs. 



Dentition. Inc. | or ?, c. g, pm. i=i or g, m. t^. 



Premaxillary bones well developed, united ; upper incisors strong, 

 their cusps close together in front. 



Range. Tropical and subtropical regions of America. 



Synopsis of the S^iecies. 



I. Muzzle rounded in front ; lips smooth, not 

 wrinkled ; tragus triangular or linear. 

 a. Antitragus circular, as high as long. 

 a'. Tragus triangular, with a broad base ; 

 inner margins of the ears arising from 



the forehead by separate points of 

 origin ; inc. i, pm. ^. 

 a''. Ears obtusely pointed. 



u. Centre of breast and abdomen 

 pale yellowish brown ; forearm 



1"'2 1. M. temminckii, p. 408. 



h". Ears rounded ofl' above. 



^. Centre of breast and abdomen 



white ; forearm l"-35 2. M. planirostris, p. 408. 



y. Centre of breast and abdomen 

 not different from sides; fore- 

 arm 1"'7 3. M. brachymeles, p. 410. 



h'. Tragus linear, subacutely pointed ; 

 inner margins of the ears arising 

 from the same point, or very close 

 together. 

 c". Inc. 2) pm. ^; the first lower pre- 

 molar half internal to the tooth- 

 row, partially concealed by the 

 much larger second premolar. 

 8. Fur very short ; forearm l"-7- 



2"-l 4. J»/. ritfw, p. 410. 



d". Inc. I pm. |E| ; the first lower pre- 

 molar in the tooth-row. 

 .. Fur moderately long ; forearm 



2"'0 5. M. nasutiis, p. 414. 



h. Ajititragus half-oval or half-cordate, 

 longer than high, tragus Imear ; inc. ^, 



2—2 



pm. ^35. 



(. Forearm 2' -45 0. M. abrasus, p. 4\n. 



