Fig. 11. Miniopterid bat Miniopterus australis Tomes, 1858 in Carnassiform notches improve the functional efficiency of bat molar shearing crests

Fig. 11. Miniopterid bat Miniopterus australis Tomes, 1858 (USNM 590280) from Malaysia, Recent. Right lower molars in anterolabial view (A1) showing no carnassiform notches in the cristids obliqua; note that the entoconids are partly visible in the background immediately behind the cristid obliqua in each molar); and in occlusal view (A2, stereopair) showing well-developed accessory troughs (arrows) in m1–m3.