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Siobfaxivily GLOSSOPHAG-IN^]. 
1838. Phyllostomina (part) Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot., II, p. 486, Decem- 
ber, 1836. 
1842. Phyllostominece (part) Lesson, Nouveau Tableau du Regne Animal, 
Mammiferes, p. 30. 
1845. Olossophagina “ Bonaparte, Cat. Met. Mamm. Europe, p. 5.” 
1855. Glossophagina (part) Gervais, Exped. du Comte de Castelnau, Zool., 
Mamm., p. 40. 
1865. Glossophagce (part) Peters, Monatsber, k. preuss. Akad. Wissensch., 
Berlin, p. 257. 
1866. Glossophagina Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 115. 
1872. Glossophagince Gill, Arrangement of the Families of Mammals, p. 17. 
1875. Glossophagce (part) Dobson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XVI, 
p. 350, November, 1875. 
1878. Glossophagce (part) Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 497. 
1886. Glossophagince (part) Gill, Standard Natural History, V, p. 173. 
1891. Phyllostomatince (part ; Glossopbagine division, part) Flower and 
Lydekker, Mammals, living and extinct, p. 672. 
1892. Glossophagce (part) Winge, Jordfundne og nulevende Flagermus 
(Chiroptera) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien, p. 24. 
1898. Glossophagince (part) H. Allen, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s., XIX, 
p. 237. 
Geographic distribution. — Warmer parts of America, north on the 
mainland to southern Arizona and in the West Indies to Cuba. 
Characters. — Teeth slightly abnormal. Upper molars with the 
styles reduced in size and closely approximated to the paracone and 
metacone, this in connection with the obsolescence of the commissures 
nearly obliterating the W -pattern. Lower molars with the five typ- 
ical cusps present, but reduced in height, particularly the paraconid, 
the commissures very rudimentary. All of the cheek teeth elongated. 
Rostrum much produced. Tongue long and highly extensible, its 
surface armed with conspicuous bristle-like papillae. Noseleaf pres- 
ent, well developed, though never very large. 
History. — First recognized as a distinct group by Bonaparte in 
1845, the Glossophaginae have continued to be so regarded by prac- 
tically all subsequent authors. Since the discovery of Phyllonycteris 
and Reithronycteris these genera have been placed with the Glosso- 
phaginae, but this association appears to be quite unnatural. Except 
that these are now removed, the subfamily, as here understood, has 
the same limits as with most recent writers. 
Remarks. — The members of the subfamily Glossophaginae are rec- 
ognizable by their elongated muzzle, highly extensible tongue, and 
slightly modified teeth. They are all small bats with well-devel- 
oped through simple nose leaves, and small, separate ears. 
Principal subdivisions. — Nine genera of Glossophaginae are now 
known, based principally on differences in the number of teeth. 
