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Fig. 12: Glossophaga soricina, head and interfemoral membrane 



Glossophaga 



Small to medium sized nectarf ceding bats, forearm length 32-42 mm; head with 

 moderately elongate muzzle, small nose leaf. Well developed uropatagium with 

 semicircular fringe; short calcar (<foot length). Short tail, embedded only in first half of 

 uropatagium. Plagiopatagium inserts at ankle joint. 

 G. soricina (fig. 12): Forearm length 34-37 nmi. 

 G. commissarisi: Forearm length 31-35 mm. 



G. longirostris: With a forearm length of 36-42 nmi largest species of the genus; with 

 rather elongate face (name!). Ears short and rounded; small tragus with smooth contours 

 (fig.l3). 



G. leachii: Forearm length 35-38 nmi (largest Central American species) 

 G. mexicana: Forearm lengtli 32-36.5 mm. 



Fig. 13: Glossophaga longirostris, tragus 



MonophyUiis 



M. redmani: Medium sized glossophagine bat, elongate muzzle hardly recognizable. 

 Forearm length 34.8-43 mm. Long thiunb. Forearm haired in proximal third. Pelage dark 

 reddish brown, "frosty grey" coloured ventrally. Ears short and comparatively pointed; 

 tragus short, with strongly undulated edge and also undulatkig, notched basal lobe (fig. 14). 



