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Chiroptera Molossidae Cheiromeles, World Distribution Table - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/tables/table.genus.chiroptera.molossidae.c

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Cheiromeles: Naked Bats, or Hairless Bats - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/chiroptera/chiroptera.molossidae.cheiromel

This genus is unique among bats in several respects: the essentially naked appearance, the great development of the throat sacs, and the wing pouches. A pouch is present in both sexes along the sides of the body, formed by an extension of a fold of skin to the upper arm bone and to the upper leg bone. This pouch opens toward the rear and is 25-50 mm deep. The folded wings are pushed into these pouches by the hind feet; the first toe of each hind foot is opposable to the other toes and is supplied with a flattened nail instead of a claw.

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