Chilonatalus Miller, 1898

Tejedor, Adrian, 2011, Systematics Of Funnel-Eared Bats (Chiroptera: Natalidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (353), pp. 1-140 : 26

Genus Chilonatalus Miller, 1898

Natalus: Dobson, 1880: 443 . Part, not Natalus Gray, 1838 .

Natalus (Chilonatalus) Miller, 1898: 326 . Type species Natalus micropus Dobson, 1880 by original designation.

Chilonatalus: Miller, 1903: 119 . First use as a genus.

DIAGNOSIS: Dermal outgrowths on dorsum of rostrum and on chin, producing in profile a double-lipped aspect; ears large, without ear ridges; mustached formed by parallel hairs forming a compact row; plagiopatagium attaching at midtibia; rostrum long and slender, braincase globular and delicate, mandibular symphysis with long posteroventral projection; shaft of angular process long, slender, dorsally curved with a markedly hooked tip; labial cingular cusp of p4 long and pointed; ribs fused into a rigid thoracic bell. A comparison of diagnostic characters between Chilonatalus , and other natalid genera is summarized in table 3.

ETYMOLOGY: combination of the names of the genera Natalus and Chilonycteris (5 Pteronotus ), given by Miller (1898) in reference to the Pteronotus -like dermal outgrowths on the muzzle of this genus.

CONTENTS: C. macer Miller, 1914 ; C. micropus (type species) Dobson, 1880; C. tumidifrons Miller, 1906 .