Emballonuridae Gervais, 1856

Velazco, Paúl M. & Patterson, Bruce D., 2019, Small Mammals Of The Mayo River Basin In Northern Peru, With The Description Of A New Species Of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2019 (429), pp. 1-69 : 9-10

Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1856

This pantropical family currently comprises 14 extant genera and 54 species, 22 of which are Neotropical. Emballonurids are characterized by long, soft fur, lack of facial ornamentation, unusu-

TABLE 2 External and craniodental measurements (mm) and weights (g) of Marmosops bishopi , M. neblina , and M. noctivagus

ally long, thin postorbital processes, and presence of a broad uropatagium from which the tip of the tail emerges dorsally roughly halfway along the length of the membrane ( Emmons and Feer, 1997; Simmons and Voss, 1998; Hood and Gardner, 2008; Reid, 2009). Most Neotropical species have glandular wing sacs or pouches located in the propatagium near the elbow ( Emmons and Feer, 1997; Reid, 2009). In this study, a single species was recorded at one locality.