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Choeroniscus 



Small to middle-sized flower bats with clearly stretched head; nose leaf very small, m 

 frontal view eqiiilaterally triangular. Short auricle with small tragus. Uropatagium large. 

 The short tail remains embedded within the proximal third of the tail membrane. Calcar 

 present, about the length of the foot. Pelage usually dark brown to blackish brown, colour 

 mostly unifomi, gradually turning into lighter shades ventrally and to darker ones dorsally. 

 Hairs at the tip darker than at the basis, thus the "underwool" appears yellowish. Wing 

 membranes dark brown. 



C. godmani (fig. 20): Very smaU bat, forearm length 32-34.8 mm. Head stretched, but less 

 conspicuously than in the larger species of the genus. Tragus smooth. Metacarpalia: 

 III>IV>V; 1. phalanges: III>IV>V. Plagiopatagium inserts at the tarsus. Coat dark brown 

 to blackish brown. 



C. minor (fig.21): Foreami length 35-36 nmi. Tragus "granular" at the tip. Metacarpalia: 

 III>IV>V; 1. phalanges: ni>IV>V. Plagiopatagium as in C. intennedius. Coat colouring 

 dark grey brown. Hairs darker at tlie tip than in the basal 3/4 of the shaft; thus the lower 

 hair layer appears yellowish brown. 



