A New Species of Peropteryx (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Western Amazonia with Comments on Phylogenetic Relationships within the Genus Author Lim, Burton K. Author Engstrom, Mark D. Author Reid, Fiona A. Author Simmons, Nancy B. Author Voss, Robert S. Author Fleck, David W. text American Museum Novitates 2010 2010-06-25 3686 1 20 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/691.1 journal article 3588 10.1206/691.1 f3b0c37f-bbd1-43d3-865c-802210828c99 0003-0082 4735520

TABLE 3 Morphological comparison among the five species of Peropteryx

	P. kappleri	P. leucoptera	P. macrotis	P. pallidoptera	P. trinitatis
Wings	Uniformly brown	Translucent, gradually	Uniformly brown	Translucent and evenly	Uniformly brown
		darkening to brown from		tinged pale brown
		wing tips to body
Arms and digits	Dark brown	Dark brown	Dark brown	Medium brown	Dark brown
Ears	Not connected	Connected	Not connected	Not connected	Not connected
Rostrum of skull	Not broad	Broad	Not broad	Not broad	Not broad
	Dorsally inflated	Not dorsally inflated	Dorsally inflated	Not dorsally inflated	Dorsally inflated
Lateral pterygoid pits	Small and shallow	Large and deep	Small and shallow	Small and shallow	Small and shallow
Mesopterygoid posterior	Does not extend	Extends	Does not extend	Extends	Does not extend
extension into
basisphenoid region
Upper anterior premolar	With posterior cusp	Peglike	With posterior cusp	Peglike	Peglike
Overall size	Large	Medium	Small	Small	Small
	Forearm 47–54	Forearm 41–46	Forearm 39–45	Forearm 39–43	Forearm 41.9
Condyloincisive length	16.4 (males, N 5 1)	13.9–14.1 (males, N 5 3)	12.7–13.7 (males,	12.5 (males, N 5 1)	11.2–11.6 (males,
			N 5 5)		N 5 2)
	16.2–16.3 (females,		13.6–14.6 (females,	12.2–12.8 (females,	11.8–12.2 (females,
	N 5 2)		N 5 9)	N 5 6)	N 5 2)