Average wingspan and
calcar length was 359.00 1.41 mm and 6.51 0.69 mm, respectively.
Specimens lacking a prominent keel on their
calcar (as evident on study skins, when present, or indicated in field notes), that were within published ranges of measurements for M.
Their tibia and
calcar were 36.33 mm 1.07 (SD) and 9.86 mm 1.01 (SD) respectively while the length of hind foot was 18.08 mm 1.17 (SD).
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Onychonycteris has a long splint-like piece of cartilage called a
calcar, which in many living bats projects from the heel into the membrane that stretches from foot to tail.
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