DIAGNOSIS. Because the genus Desmodus includes only one living species (Diaemus
youngi here being excluded), the following summary applies to both genus and species …

Order Chiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera, family Phyllostomidae, subfamily
Stenodermatinae, tribe Stenodermatini (Baker et al. 1989). A. fraterculus and A. planirostris …

DIAGNOSIS. Glossophaga soricina is a medium-sized representative of the genus (Fig. 1).
First upper incisor large and noticeably procumbent, larger in bulk than 12; fourth upper …

Twenty-seven taxa of bats from late Pleistocene fossils originated from five caves in Bahia,
Brazil. In one cave, humeri of Mormoops megalophylla were dated radiometrically to …

The vampire bats were rather late in being recognized in the taxonomic literature; the first
species was not described until 1810 and the first genus was not recognized until 1823. Of …

Se presenta una revisión de las especies de fauna identificadas de cuevas de Venezuela,
describiéndose las características ecológicas de los karsts y localidades de captura. Se …

DIAGNOSIS. Phyllostomus discolor (Fig. 1) can be distinguished from other members of
genus by a weakly developed or absent sagittal crest and a calcar ca. one-half length of tibia …

Phyllostomus hastatus (Fig. 1) is the second largest American bat. Only Vampyrum spectrum
is larger; Phylloderma stenops and Chrotopterus auritus are comparable in size (Medellín …

Table 1. Secondary sexual variation in external and cranial measurements in five species of
Glossophaga. Specimens used in the analyses include: G^. commissarisi from^ a. Tonala …

Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Fig. 1) differs from Tadarida brasiliensis in 2nd phalanx of 4th
digit being shorter, measuring< 5 mm; rostrum is narrow and deeply notched on anterior …