Identifier: landseamammalsof02elli (
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The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West IndiesYear:
1904 (
1900s)Authors:
Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915Subjects:
Mammals Mammals MammalsPublisher:
ChicagoContributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:ut forearm and tibiasmaller, and a narrower foot. Color. Specimens in alcohol, color not definable. Measurements. Forearm, 52.5; tibia, 21.5; fopt, 14; ear, 16.5. 655. intermedius (Artibcus), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1897, P- 33- carpolcgus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1891, p. 205. (neeGosse.)Intermedl e Bat. Type locality. San Jose, Costa, Rica. Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica. Genl. Char. Small; no stripes on cheeks; head stripes narrow.Skull: braincase high and narrow, superior outline convex. Color. Above dark sooty gray; beneath grayish. Measurements. Forearm, 65; thumb to end of claw, 15; thirdfinger, metacarpal, 57; tibia, 22; foot, 17. Skull: total length, 29;zygomatic width, 19; mastoid width, 16; length of palate, 14; inter-orbital constriction, 6; height of braincase from lower side of auditalbullae, 12; width of palate inside of middle molars, 5.5; outside, 13;length of upper molar series, 8 ; length of mandible, 19 ; length of lowermolar series, 10. ARTIBEUS. 095Text Appearing After Image:Fig. 152. Artibeus planirostris. No. 10755 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Coll.Twice nat. size. Incisors enlarged 4 times. 656. planirostris (Phyllostoma), Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Brasil, 1823,p. 66, pi. XXXVI, fig. I.obsciirnm Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Brasil, 11, 1826, p. 203.perspicillaUmt Burm., Thiere Brasil, 1854, p. 45.fallax Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1865, p. 355. 696 ARTIBEUS. Flat-nosed Bat. Type locality. Near Bahia, Brazil. Gcogr. Distr. State of Guerrero, Mexico, to Brazil. Island ofGrenada. Genl. Char. Ears shorter than the head; nose-leaf developed,anterior margin free; lower lip in front with three warts arrangedin triangle, with eight or ten smaller ones on sides and beneath; wingNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.