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Lichonycteris 



L. obscura (fig. 17): Very small nectar feeding bat, forearm length 32.4 nmi; with short 

 pointed muzzle, very small nose leaf with smooth, triangular, short spear. Ears and tragus 

 short, tragus with undulating, serrated contours. Forearm haired in its proximal tliird; coat 

 colour deeply brown; hair on the head light at the basis, only hair tips dark. Extensive 

 uropatagium with flat semicircular outer edge between long calcars. Calcar longer than 

 foot. Distinctly developed tail (1/3 of uropatagial widtli); temiinal with smaU stump 

 projecting dorsally beyond the wing membrane. 



Fig. 17: Lichonycteris obscura, head, tragus, and interfemoral membrane 



Anoiira 



Small to mid-sized Glossophaginae with long thick fur. Long muzzle with small nose leaf; 

 auricle and tragus short. Uropatagium sparsely developed, extemaUy no tail visible 

 (name!). Forearm proximaUy haired, coat coloiuring uniform with dark greyish brown to 

 blackish brown. 



