Identifier: smithsonianmisce691921smit Title: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections Year: 1862 (1860s) Authors: Smithsonian Institution Subjects: Science Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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Text Appearing Before Image: baseof the claws. In general form the skull resembles those of Vampy-ressa and Vampyrops, but the dentition is widely different. A cranialfeature shared with Vampyressa is the extension of the nasal openingbackward at the expense of the nasals. The teeth are 32 in number. STURNIRA L1LIUM PARVIDENS Goldman Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium parvidens Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. 30,p. 116, May 23, 1917. Type from Papayo (about 25 miles northwest ofAcapulco), Guerrero, Mexico. The distinguishing characters of the yellow-shouldered bat inPanama are the same as those of the genus. The dark tips of thepelage give the back a dark brown tone, but the under color of thefur is gray. The forearm measures about 44 millimeters. I98 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 69 This bat has been accorded a range as a species from Paraguay,where it was observed by Azara, north to Mexico. It is one of therarer ones in collections, and the only record from Panama is that of

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 14.—Sturnira lilium parvidens.No. 8209, U. S. Nat. Mus. About nat. size. Bangs (1902, p. 51) of a single specimen taken at 7,500 feet on theVolcan de Chiriqui by W. W. Brown, Jr. The specimen exhibits thenarrow braincase and molars characterizing the northern subspecies.Specimens examined: Volcan de Chiriqui, I.1 Subfamily STENODERMINAEGenus URODERMA PetersIn general appearance, including the arrangement of the whitefacial and dorsal stripes, Uroderma much resembles Vampyrops,Vampyrodes and Chiroderma. In these genera a pair of whitestripes extend upward from the sides of the nose leaf to the innerbase of the ears; another pair less distinct reaches from the cornersof the mouth toward the ears, and a median dorsal line is usuallyprominent. But the single species of Uroderma may be distinguishedby the naked or minutely haired posterior margin of the interfemoralmembrane in combination with the length of the forearm (about45 millimeters). The skull is very similar in general to t

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