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Monophyllus - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/chiroptera/chiroptera.phyllostomidae.monop

This genus is distinguished from Glossophaga and related bats mainly by dental features. The muzzle is elongate; the long tongue is supplied with papillae; the cheek teeth are narrow and elongate; and the tail usually projects for about half its length beyond the edge of the narrow interfemoral membrane.

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